# CVE-2024-8401: Cross-site scripting in EcoStruxure Power Monitoring Expert (PME) 2020

> An authenticated attacker can inject malicious scripts via folder names in Schneider Electric power monitoring software, potentially compromising user sessions.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 28 Jan 2025
- **Updated:** 28 Jan 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vqxv-7634-4c22

## What is CVE-2024-8401?

CVE-2024-8401 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Schneider Electric EcoStruxure Power Monitoring Expert (PME) 2020, published on 28 Jan 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (‘Cross-site Scripting’)
vulnerability exists when an authenticated attacker modifies folder names within the context of
the product.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-8401?


## How do I fix CVE-2024-8401?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-8401 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-8401 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-8401 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-8401 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-8401 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Schneider Electric EcoStruxure Power Monitoring Expert (PME) 2020, published on 28 Jan 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-8401 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Schneider Electric EcoStruxure Power Monitoring Expert (PME) 2020. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8401/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8401/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-8401
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8401
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-8401

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8401/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.