CVE-2020-7526
Improper Input Validation vulnerability exists in PowerChute Business Edition (software V9.0.x...
Improper Input Validation vulnerability exists in PowerChute Business Edition (software V9.0.x and earlier) which could cause remote code execution when a script is executed during a shutdown event.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Improper Input Validation vulnerability exists in PowerChute Business Edition (software V9.0.x and earlier) which could cause remote code execution when a script is executed during a shutdown event.
- Record
CVE-2020-7526- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.5 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Improper Input Validation vulnerability exists in PowerChute Business Edition (software V9.0.x and earlier) which could cause remote code execution when a script is executed during a shutdown event.
- Record
CVE-2020-7526- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-28651 No score
Improper Input Validation vulnerability exists in PowerChute Business Edition (software V9.0.x and earlier) which could cause remote code execution when a script is executed during a shutdown event.
- Record
EUVD-2020-28651- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-3mjc-cvm2-cpqw No score
Improper Input Validation vulnerability exists in PowerChute Business Edition (software V9.0.x...
Improper Input Validation vulnerability exists in PowerChute Business Edition (software V9.0.x and earlier) which could cause remote code execution when a script is executed during a shutdown event.
- Record
GHSA-3mjc-cvm2-cpqw- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-7526 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Apc Powerchute, published August 31, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.27%, the 83rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.