Vulnerability · Published May 13, 2025 · Assigned by siemens
CVE-2025-40573
Medium 4.4
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in SCALANCE LPE9403 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)4.4Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 92.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
A vulnerability has been identified in SCALANCE LPE9403 (6GK5998-3GS00-2AC2) (All versions < V4.0 HF0). Affected devices are vulnerable to path traversal attacks. This could allow a privileged local attacker to restore backups that are outside the backup folder.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Siemens | SCALANCE LPE9403 | 0 – before V4.0 HF0 |
Weakness: CWE-35 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N