Zero-Day Advisory

Fortinet Discovers Schneider Electric Smart-UPS SRT 5000 Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability

Summary

Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs had discovered a Cross-Site Request Forgery Bypass (CSRF) vulnerability in NMC2 of Schneider Electric Smart-UPS SRT 5000.

Schneider Electric Smart-UPS is an intelligent and efficient network power protection from entry level to scaleable runtime.

The vulnerability can be triggered by sending arbitrary request using the hijacked session token specified in the HTTP header. Upon successful exploitation, it allows attacker to trigger arbitrary form action in the context of the vulnerable page.

Solutions

Users should apply the solution provided by Schneider Electric.

Additional Information

A CSRF vulnerability had been discovered in Schneider Electric Smart-UPS SRT 5000 Network Management Card 2 (NMC2) version 6.9.6 and earlier.

Timeline

Fortinet reported the vulnerability to Schneider Electric on 13th January, 2021.

Schneider Electric confirmed the vulnerability on 20th  January, 2021. 

Schneider Electric  released patch for the vulnerability on 9th November, 2021.

References

• https://download.schneider-electric.com/files?p_Doc_Ref=SEVD-2021-313-03
  

Acknowledgement

This vulnerability was discovered by Nguyen Thanh Nguyen of Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs.

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