CVE-2025-54926: Schneider Electric EcoStruxure™ Power Monitoring Expert (PME) · Path Traversal
Affects Schneider Electric EcoStruxure™ Power Monitoring Expert (PME)Source CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.2 High.
Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 14:05 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 59% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 20 Aug 2025
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.
What to do
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Schneider Electric EcoStruxure™ Power Monitoring Expert (PME) | Affected
| Fixed in– |
AI-suggested
- Immediate mitigation should focus on restricting administrative access to PME systems through strong authentication mechanisms, including multi-factor authentication (MFA) and strict access controls.
- Network segmentation should be enforced to isolate PME systems from general IT networks and limit exposure to potential attackers.
- Monitor and audit all administrative file upload activities for unusual patterns or unauthorized uploads.
- Implement strict input validation and file path sanitization on the server side to prevent path traversal exploitation.
- Until an official patch is released, consider deploying web application firewalls (WAFs) with custom rules to detect and block path traversal attempts targeting PME.
- Regularly update and patch PME software as soon as Schneider Electric releases fixes.
- Conduct thorough security awareness training for administrators to recognize phishing or social engineering attempts that could lead to credential compromise.
- Employ endpoint detection and response (EDR) tools on PME servers to detect anomalous execution of files or processes.
- Maintain offline backups of configuration and monitoring data to enable recovery in case of compromise.
Description
CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability exists that could cause remote code execution when an authenticated attacker with admin privileges uploads a malicious file over HTTP which then gets executed.