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Schneider Electric PowerChute Serial Shutdown < 1.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities (SEVD-2026-104-01)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 306551
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 1.5. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities, including:- An improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory vulnerability exists that could cause critical files to be overwritten with text data when a Web Admin user alters the POST /REST/upssleep request payload.
(CVE-2026-2399)
- An improper encoding or escaping of output vulnerability exists that could cause log injection and forged log entries when an attacker alters the POST /j_security check request payload. (CVE-2026-2404)
- An improper restriction of excessive authentication attempts vulnerability exists that could allow an attacker to gain access to the user account by performing an arbitrary number of authentication attempts with different credentials on a sequence of requests to multiple endpoints. (CVE-2026-2402)
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Upgrade to Schneider Electric PowerChute Serial Shutdown version 1.5 or later.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 306551
File Name: schneider_electric_powerchute_serial_shutdown_1_5.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: Local
Agent: windows, macosx, unix
Family: Misc.
Published: 4/15/2026
Updated: 4/15/2026
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.1
Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-2399
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.1
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.9
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Vulnerability Information
CPE: x-cpe:/a:schneider-electric:powerchute_serial_shutdown
Required KB Items: installed_sw/Schneider Electric PowerChute Serial Shutdown
Patch Publication Date: 4/14/2026
Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/14/2026
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2026-2399, CVE-2026-2400, CVE-2026-2401, CVE-2026-2402, CVE-2026-2403, CVE-2026-2404, CVE-2026-2405