CVE-2025-40584
Siemens · published 2025-08-12
Source record Collected from the National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
Description
Description by Siemens AG via the CVE Program.
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.
Status at the source
- NVD status: Deferred — NVD has not analysed this CVE.
Affected products, as the source lists them
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Siemens | SIMOTION SCOUT TIA V5.4 | 0 – before *: affected |
| Siemens | SIMOTION SCOUT TIA V5.5 | 0 – before *: affected |
| Siemens | SIMOTION SCOUT TIA V5.6 | 0 – before V5.6 SP1 HF7: affected |
| Siemens | SIMOTION SCOUT TIA V5.7 | 0 – before V5.7 SP1 HF1: affected |
| Siemens | SIMOTION SCOUT V5.4 | 0 – before *: affected |
| Siemens | SIMOTION SCOUT V5.5 | 0 – before *: affected |
| Siemens | SIMOTION SCOUT V5.6 | 0 – before V5.6 SP1 HF7: affected |
| Siemens | SIMOTION SCOUT V5.7 | 0 – before V5.7 SP1 HF1: affected |
| Siemens | SINAMICS STARTER V5.5 | 0 – before *: affected |
| Siemens | SINAMICS STARTER V5.6 | 0 – before *: affected |
| Siemens | SINAMICS STARTER V5.7 | 0 – before V5.7 HF2: affected |
DeSpy has not checked any unit, hardware revision or firmware. A product missing here is not a statement that it is unaffected.
Scores, as their sources published them
- CVSS 4.0: 6.8 MEDIUM — as published by Siemens AG (Secondary)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - CVSS 3.1: 5.5 MEDIUM — as published by Siemens AG (Secondary)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - SSVC — CISA's assessment (SSVC 2.0.3, CISA Coordinator): Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
DeSpy does not score records. These are the sources' own values.
Weaknesses
Sources
References the source lists
Source dates: published 2025-08-12, last changed 2026-06-17. DeSpy's copy of this version is dated 2026-09-28.
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