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Publication date: 2025-11-12

Last updated on: 2025-11-12

Assigner: Schneider Electric SE

Description

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.

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Meta Information

Published

2025-11-12

Last Modified

2025-11-12

Generated

2026-07-06

AI Q&A

2025-11-13

EPSS Evaluated

2026-07-05

NVD

CVE-2025-11566

EUVD

EUVD-2025-131907

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendor	Product	Version / Range
schneider_electric	powerchute_serial_shutdown	1.4

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Exploitability

CWE

KEV

CWE ID	Description
CWE-307	The product does not implement sufficient measures to prevent multiple failed authentication attempts within a short time frame.

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Executive Summary

This vulnerability is an improper restriction of excessive authentication attempts (CWE-307) on the /REST/shutdownnow endpoint. It allows an attacker on the local network to try an unlimited number of authentication attempts with different credentials, potentially gaining unauthorized access to a user account.

Impact Analysis

An attacker exploiting this vulnerability could gain unauthorized access to user accounts by brute forcing authentication on the /REST/shutdownnow endpoint. This could lead to unauthorized actions or control over the affected system.

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