Unlimited Authentication Attempts Enable Unauthorized Access in PowerChute Serial Shutdown

CWE-307: Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts vulnerability exists that could allow an attacker to gain unauthorized access to a user account by performing an arbitrary number of authentication attempts when redirect handling is disabled.

Log Truncation via Improper Input Validation in Schneider Electric PowerChute Serial Shutdown Web Admin

CWE-1284 Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input vulnerability exists that could cause Event and Data Log truncation impacting log integrity when a Web Admin user alters the POST /logsettings request payload.

Repeated Authentication Attempts Allow Unauthorized Account Access

CWE-307 Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts vulnerability exists that would 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.

Sensitive Information Exposure via Log Injection in PowerChute Serial Shutdown

CWE-532 Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File vulnerability exists that could cause confidential information to be exposed when a Web Admin user executes a malicious file provided by an attacker.

CRLF Injection Enables Credential Reset in PowerChute Serial Shutdown

CWE-93 Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences ('CRLF Injection') vulnerability exists that could cause application user credentials to reset when a Web Admin user alters the POST /setPCBEDesc request payload.

Path Traversal Allows Critical File Overwrite in PowerChute Serial Shutdown

CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability exists that could cause critical files overwritten with text data when a Web Admin user alters the POST /REST/upssleep request payload.

Improper Encoding Allows Log Injection in Schneider Electric PowerChute Serial Shutdown

CWE-116 Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output vulnerability exists that could cause log injection and forged log when an attacker alters the POST /j_security check request payload.

Denial of Service via Uncontrolled Resource Consumption on PowerChute Web Admin

CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability exists that could cause excessive troubleshooting zip file creation and denial of service when a Web Admin user floods the system with POST /helpabout requests.

CWE-276: Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability exists that could cause elevated system access when the target installation folder is not properly secured.

CWE-307: Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts vulnerability exists that would allow an attacker on the local network to gain access to the user account by performing an arbitrary number of authentication attempts with different credentials on the /REST/shutdownnow endpoint.

CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability exists that could cause elevated system access when a Web Admin user on the local network tampers with the POST /REST/UpdateJRE request payload.