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Vulnerability · Published Aug 12, 2025 · Assigned by siemens

CVE-2025-40584

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity XML external entity in SIMOTION SCOUT TIA V5.4 from Siemens. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 8% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 91.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Siemens SIMOTION SCOUT TIA V5.4 0 – before *
Siemens SIMOTION SCOUT TIA V5.5 0 – before *
Siemens SIMOTION SCOUT TIA V5.6 0 – before V5.6 SP1 HF7
Siemens SIMOTION SCOUT TIA V5.7 0 – before V5.7 SP1 HF1
Siemens SIMOTION SCOUT V5.4 0 – before *
Siemens SIMOTION SCOUT V5.5 0 – before *
Siemens SIMOTION SCOUT V5.6 0 – before V5.6 SP1 HF7
Siemens SIMOTION SCOUT V5.7 0 – before V5.7 SP1 HF1
Siemens SINAMICS STARTER V5.5 0 – before *
Siemens SINAMICS STARTER V5.6 0 – before *
Siemens SINAMICS STARTER V5.7 0 – before V5.7 HF2

Weakness: CWE-611 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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