Medium severity4.7NVD Advisory· Published Jul 23, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-7520
CVE-2020-7520
Description
A CWE-601: URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect') vulnerability exists in Schneider Electric Software Update (SESU), V2.4.0 and prior, which could cause execution of malicious code on the victim's machine. In order to exploit this vulnerability, an attacker requires privileged access on the engineering workstation to modify a Windows registry key which would divert all traffic updates to go through a server in the attacker's possession. A man-in-the-middle attack is then used to complete the exploit.
Affected products
3- Schneider Electric/Software Updatedescription
- Range: <=V2.4.0
- cpe:2.3:a:schneider-electric:software_update_utility:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*Range: <=2.4.0
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- www.se.com/ww/en/download/document/SEVD-2020-196-01/nvdPatchVendor Advisory
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