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CVE-2025-40584

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CVE-2025-40584

Published: Aug 12, 2025

Modified: Oct 14, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

5.5

MEDIUM

Description

A vulnerability has been identified in SIMOTION SCOUT TIA V5.4 (All versions), SIMOTION SCOUT TIA V5.5 (All versions), SIMOTION SCOUT TIA V5.6 (All versions < V5.6 SP1 HF7), SIMOTION SCOUT TIA V5.7 (All versions < V5.7 SP1 HF1), SIMOTION SCOUT V5.4 (All versions), SIMOTION SCOUT V5.5 (All versions), SIMOTION SCOUT V5.6 (All versions < V5.6 SP1 HF7), SIMOTION SCOUT V5.7 (All versions < V5.7 SP1 HF1), SINAMICS STARTER V5.5 (All versions), SINAMICS STARTER V5.6 (All versions), SINAMICS STARTER V5.7 (All versions < V5.7 HF2). The affected application contains a XML External Entity Injection (XXE) vulnerability while parsing specially crafted XML files. This could allow an attacker to read arbitrary files in the system.

VendorProductVersions

Siemens

SIMOTION SCOUT TIA V5.4

affected
0 - < *

Siemens

SIMOTION SCOUT TIA V5.5

affected
0 - < *

Siemens

SIMOTION SCOUT TIA V5.6

affected
0 - < V5.6 SP1 HF7

Siemens

SIMOTION SCOUT TIA V5.7

affected
0 - < V5.7 SP1 HF1

Siemens

SIMOTION SCOUT V5.4

affected
0 - < *

Siemens

SIMOTION SCOUT V5.5

affected
0 - < *

Siemens

SIMOTION SCOUT V5.6

affected
0 - < V5.6 SP1 HF7

Siemens

SIMOTION SCOUT V5.7

affected
0 - < V5.7 SP1 HF1

Siemens

SINAMICS STARTER V5.5

affected
0 - < *

Siemens

SINAMICS STARTER V5.6

affected
0 - < *

Siemens

SINAMICS STARTER V5.7

affected
0 - < V5.7 HF2

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

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