CVE-2025-40584 PUBLISHED

Assigner: siemens
Reserved: 16.04.2025 Published: 12.08.2025 Updated: 12.08.2025

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). 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.

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score: 5.5

Attack Vector	Local	Scope	Unchanged
Attack Complexity	Low	Confidentiality Impact	High
Privileges Required	None	Integrity Impact	None
User Interaction	Required	Availability Impact	None

CVSS 3.1

CVSS Vector: 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
CVSS Score: 6.8

Exploitability Metrics		Vulnerable System Impact Metrics		Subsequent System Impact Metrics
Attack Vector	Local	Confidentiality	High	Confidentiality	None
Attack Complexity	Low	Integrity	None	Integrity	None
Attack Requirements	None	Availability	None	Availability	None
Privileges Required	None
User Interaction	Passive

CVSS 4.0

Product Status

Vendor	Siemens
Product	SIMOTION SCOUT TIA V5.4
Versions	Default: unknown affected from 0 to * (excl.)

Vendor	Siemens
Product	SIMOTION SCOUT TIA V5.5
Versions	Default: unknown affected from 0 to * (excl.)

Vendor	Siemens
Product	SIMOTION SCOUT TIA V5.6
Versions	Default: unknown affected from 0 to V5.6 SP1 HF7 (excl.)

Vendor	Siemens
Product	SIMOTION SCOUT TIA V5.7
Versions	Default: unknown affected from 0 to V5.7 SP1 HF1 (excl.)

Vendor	Siemens
Product	SIMOTION SCOUT V5.4
Versions	Default: unknown affected from 0 to * (excl.)

Vendor	Siemens
Product	SIMOTION SCOUT V5.5
Versions	Default: unknown affected from 0 to * (excl.)

Vendor	Siemens
Product	SIMOTION SCOUT V5.6
Versions	Default: unknown affected from 0 to V5.6 SP1 HF7 (excl.)

Vendor	Siemens
Product	SIMOTION SCOUT V5.7
Versions	Default: unknown affected from 0 to V5.7 SP1 HF1 (excl.)

Vendor	Siemens
Product	SINAMICS STARTER V5.5
Versions	Default: unknown affected from 0 to * (excl.)

Vendor	Siemens
Product	SINAMICS STARTER V5.6
Versions	Default: unknown affected from 0 to * (excl.)

Vendor	Siemens
Product	SINAMICS STARTER V5.7
Versions	Default: unknown affected from 0 to * (excl.)

References

https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-186293.html

Problem Types

CWE-611: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference CWE