Privilege escalation in Schneider Electric Saitel Dp Rtu
CVE-2025-8453
CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management vulnerability exists that could cause privilege escalation and arbitrary code execution when a privileged engineer user with console access modifies a configuration file used by a root-level daemon to execute custom scripts.
Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.002 (8.0th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 8th percentile — 8.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Schneider Electric Saitel Dp Rtu — versions Versions 11.06.34 and prior
- Schneider Electric Saitel Dr Rtu — versions Versions 11.06.29 and prior
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-8453?
- CVE-2025-8453 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Schneider Electric Saitel Dp Rtu, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2025-08-20.
- How severe is CVE-2025-8453?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2025-8453 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.