Schneider Electric PowerChute Serial Shutdown < 1.4.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 276813

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Synopsis

Schneider Electric PowerChute Serial Shutdown installed on the remote host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of Schneider Electric PowerChute Serial Shutdown installed on the remote host is prior to 1.4.0. It is, therefore, affected by a elevation of privilege vulnerability. Improper access control in Azure Monitor Agent allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Schneider Electric PowerChute Serial Shutdown version 1.4.0 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 276813

File Name: schneider_electric_powerchute_serial_shutdown_1_4_0.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 11/25/2025

Updated: 11/25/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-11567

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: x-cpe:/a:schneider-electric:powerchute_serial_shutdown

Required KB Items: SMB/Registry/Enumerated, installed_sw/Schneider Electric PowerChute Serial Shutdown

Patch Publication Date: 11/24/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/12/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-11565, CVE-2025-11566, CVE-2025-11567

IAVA: 2025-A-0856

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