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CVE-2025-2223High confidence

Schneider Electric ConneXium Network Manager — Improper Input Validation

Schneider Electric · ConneXium Network Manager

8.4HighCVSS 4.0
Recommended action
Within 7 days

High technical severity; prioritise exposed affected systems while verifying vendor guidance.

Mitigation available
Direct vendor intelligence

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1 current
SEVD-2025-098-01 · CSAF 2.0 · revision 1.1.0 · finalSchneider Electric CPCERTConneXium Network Manager Software
1 known affected

The vendor explicitly identifies these products as affected by this CVE.

  • Schneider Electric ConneXium Network Manager All versions
Summary
CWE-20: Improper Input Validation vulnerability exists that could cause a loss of Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability of engineering workstation when a malicious project file is loaded by a user from the local system.
Remediation
Please note that the ConneXium Network Manager product has reached the end of its life and is no longer supported. Customers should immediately apply the following mitigations to reduce the risk of exploit: • Only open project files received from a trusted source. • Compute a hash of the project files and regularly check the consistency of this hash to verify the integrity before usage. • Encrypt project file when stored and restrict the access to only trusted users. • When exchanging files over the network, use secure communication protocols. • Follow workstation, network and site-hardening guidelines in the Recommended Cybersecurity Best Practices available for download here: https://www.se.com/ww/en/download/document/7EN52-0390/
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Official European source

ENISA European Vulnerability Database

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1 current
ENISA EUVD identifier

EUVD-2025-10431

No EUVD known-exploited evidence

ENISA has published the identifier mapping but no EUVD description has been stored yet.

EUVD state
Present in the current official mapping
Known exploitation
Not present in the current ENISA EUVD known-exploited dataset. This is not proof of no exploitation.
ENISA score
Not supplied in the stored EUVD record
Advisory evidence
No linked advisory details stored yet
Recommended actionWithin 7 days

High technical severity; prioritise exposed affected systems while verifying vendor guidance.

Mitigation available
01

What, why and how

CWE-20: Improper Input Validation vulnerability exists that could cause a loss of Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability of engineering workstation when a malicious project file is loaded by a user from the local system.

What

CWE-20: Improper Input Validation vulnerability exists that could cause a loss of Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability of engineering workstation when a malicious project file is loaded by a user from the local system.

Why

The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

How

An attacker operating through local access may attempt exploitation when the stated preconditions are met. If successful, the issue may cause the confidentiality, integrity or availability impact described by the vendor.

What

CWE-20: Improper Input Validation vulnerability exists that could cause a loss of Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability of engineering workstation when a malicious project file is loaded by a user from the local system.

Why

The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

How

An attacker operating through local access may attempt exploitation when the stated preconditions are met. If successful, the issue may cause the confidentiality, integrity or availability impact described by the vendor.

02

Exploit reality and attack path

CVSS severity, EPSS forecast probability, public exploit material and CISA-confirmed exploitation are separate signals.

Observed exploitation
?Confirmed exploitation and public exploit material are separate signals. Attacks can occur without public proof-of-concept or exploit code.
No confirmed evidence

No CISA KEV match was present at the last successful refresh. This means no confirmation from that source, not proof of no exploitation.

Public PoC / exploit material
?Confirmed exploitation and public exploit material are separate signals. Attacks can occur without public proof-of-concept or exploit code.
None recorded

No exploit-tagged reference or CISA SSVC proof-of-concept state is currently recorded. Research may still exist outside the structured feeds.

Likely attack path
local access → Improper Input Validation → cause the confidentiality, integrity or availability impact described by the vendor
Attack surface
Local
Privileges required
None: unauthenticated exploitation is possible
User interaction
Active interaction required
Attack complexity
Low: no specialised conditions are recorded
Security boundary
Not a CVSS 4.0 base metric
Weakness
?CWE means Common Weakness Enumeration: a standard category for the underlying weakness.
CWE-20 ↗

CWE-20: Improper Input Validation. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

CVSS vector
?CVSS means Common Vulnerability Scoring System. The vector records the metric values used to calculate technical severity.
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Common Vulnerability Scoring System 4.0: the compact vector below is decoded into plain language.

AVLocalAttack vector: The attacker needs local access to the vulnerable system.ACLowAttack complexity: No specialised conditions are required beyond attacker-controlled input.ATNoneAttack requirements: No additional deployment or execution condition is required.PRNonePrivileges required: The attacker does not need an account or existing privileges.UIActiveUser interaction: A user must take a deliberate action for exploitation to succeed.VCHighVulnerable-system confidentiality: A successful attack can cause a major loss.VIHighVulnerable-system integrity: A successful attack can cause a major loss.VAHighVulnerable-system availability: A successful attack can cause a major loss.SCNoneSubsequent-system confidentiality: No direct loss is represented by this metric.SINoneSubsequent-system integrity: No direct loss is represented by this metric.SANoneSubsequent-system availability: No direct loss is represented by this metric.
Post-exploitation / living off the land
The issue can support a local privilege or sandbox boundary transition; normal system utilities may then be available in the gained context.
UnauthenticatedCWE-20
A

Official authority intelligence

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CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2025-AVI-0282Multiples vulnérabilités dans Schneider Electric ConneXium Network Manager

De multiples vulnérabilités ont été découvertes dans Schneider Electric ConneXium Network Manager. Certaines d'entre elles permettent à un attaquant de provoquer une élévation de privilèges, une atteinte à la confidentialité des données et une atteinte à l'intégrité des données.

Official advisory
03

Patch and workaround

Operational remediation based on structured source evidence.

Status
?Patch availability is based on structured fixed-version fields and authoritative update references. If no fix is verified, check the vendor advisory before making a change.
Mitigation available
Affected
Schneider Electric ConneXium Network Manager All versions
Fixed
No fixed version is explicitly recorded in the structured CVE data.
Action
No verified patch reference is present in the current structured sources. Check the vendor advisory before making a change.
Workaround
Please note that the ConneXium Network Manager product has reached the end of its life and is no longer supported. Customers should immediately apply the following mitigations to reduce the risk of exploit: • Only open project files received from a trusted source. • Compute a hash of the project files and regularly check the consistency of this hash to verify the integrity before usage. • Encrypt project file when stored and restrict the access to only trusted users. • When exchanging files over the network, use secure communication protocols. • Follow workstation, network and site-hardening guidelines in the Recommended Cybersecurity Best Practices available for download here: https://www.se.com/ww/en/download/document/7EN52-0390/
04

Evidence and provenance

Published 9 Apr 2025 · Last source change 9 Apr 2025, 14:00 UTC · CWE-20 · Improper Input Validation

CVE recordCVE.org · 5.1
CVSS sourceCNA
EPSS source
?The date BlackTree first stored a score for this CVE from the daily FIRST EPSS feed.
FIRST · tracked since 2026-08-14
European sourceENISA EUVD · EUVD-2025-10431
Product sourceVendor CSAF · Schneider Electric CPCERT
Remediation sourceVendor CSAF · Schneider Electric CPCERT
CWE sourceCNA
NVD statusNVD not scheduled

Core structured fields are present and their contributing authorities are shown above.

Material change intelligence

What changed after publication

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Material fields only · duplicate refreshes suppressed · history retained for the configured operational retention period
CVE published
ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2025-10431↗CVE authority or vendor reference↗Official CVE record (CNA and ADP data)↗NVD record↗
Technical terms and abbreviations used in this report
CVE
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures: the public identifier for one disclosed vulnerability.
CVSS
Common Vulnerability Scoring System: a technical severity framework; it is not patching priority by itself.
EPSS
Exploit Prediction Scoring System: FIRST's estimate of the probability that exploitation activity will be observed in the next 30 days; it is a forecast, not confirmation.
CWE
Common Weakness Enumeration: the standard category describing the underlying software or hardware weakness.
CNA
CVE Numbering Authority: an organisation authorised to assign and publish CVE records.
CISA ADP
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Authorized Data Publisher: structured enrichment added to a CVE record.
NVD
National Vulnerability Database: NIST's enrichment service for CVE records.
CERT / CSIRT
A computer security incident response team that publishes warnings or coordinates incident response.
PoC
Proof of concept: public material that demonstrates or helps reproduce exploitation.
CSAF
Common Security Advisory Framework: a machine-readable format for security advisories.
LoTL
Living off the land: abuse of legitimate tools or system functions during an attack.
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