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CVE-2025-40584

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: August 12, 2025 at 11:17 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 09:21 AM UTC
3 products affected across 1 vendorSIMOTION SCOUT TIASINAMICS STARTERSimotion Scout

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

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). 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

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Simotion Scout· Siemens
60%
v < V5.6 SP1 HF7v < V5.7 SP1 HF1
Affected range stops below V5.6 SP1 HF7, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below V5.7 SP1 HF1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
SIMOTION SCOUT TIA· Siemens
60%
v < V5.6 SP1 HF7v < V5.7 SP1 HF1
Affected range stops below V5.6 SP1 HF7, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below V5.7 SP1 HF1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
SINAMICS STARTER· Siemens
60%
v < V5.7 HF2
Affected range stops below V5.7 HF2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (1)

Source: [email protected]
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-186293.html

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

5.5MEDIUMsiemens
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-611

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