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CVE-2025-54926: Schneider Electric EcoStruxure™ Power Monitoring Expert (PME) · Path Traversal

Affects Schneider Electric EcoStruxure™ Power Monitoring Expert (PME)Source CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.2 High.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 14:05 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
7.2High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
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:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 20 Aug 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq 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

ProductAffectedFixed in
Schneider Electric EcoStruxure™ Power Monitoring Expert (PME)Affected
  • =2022
  • =2023
  • =2024
Fixed in–

AI-suggested

  1. Immediate mitigation should focus on restricting administrative access to PME systems through strong authentication mechanisms, including multi-factor authentication (MFA) and strict access controls.
  2. Network segmentation should be enforced to isolate PME systems from general IT networks and limit exposure to potential attackers.
  3. Monitor and audit all administrative file upload activities for unusual patterns or unauthorized uploads.
  4. Implement strict input validation and file path sanitization on the server side to prevent path traversal exploitation.
  5. Until an official patch is released, consider deploying web application firewalls (WAFs) with custom rules to detect and block path traversal attempts targeting PME.
  6. Regularly update and patch PME software as soon as Schneider Electric releases fixes.
  7. Conduct thorough security awareness training for administrators to recognize phishing or social engineering attempts that could lead to credential compromise.
  8. Employ endpoint detection and response (EDR) tools on PME servers to detect anomalous execution of files or processes.
  9. 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.

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