CVE-2025-40584

mediumpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.002 · 7 %ileDEEUNLRUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.17% (7th) EPSS

CVSS 5.5 · medium

Is it mine?

146 products

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Who says so?

6 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cisa_csaf_ot

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

FixedSIMOTION SCOUT TIA V5.6siemens_psirt
Update to V5.6 SP1 HF7 or later version
https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/ww/en/view/109989067/
FixedSIMOTION SCOUT TIA V5.7siemens_psirt
Update to V5.7 SP1 HF1 or later version
https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/ww/en/view/109989066/
FixedSIMOTION SCOUT V5.6siemens_psirt
Update to V5.6 SP1 HF7 or later version
https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/ww/en/view/109989067/
FixedSIMOTION SCOUT V5.7siemens_psirt
Update to V5.7 SP1 HF1 or later version
https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/ww/en/view/109989066/
FixedSINAMICS STARTER V5.7siemens_psirt
Update to V5.7 HF2 or later version
https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/ww/en/view/26233208/
FixedSIMOTION SCOUT TIA V5.6cisa_csaf_ot
Update to V5.6 SP1 HF7 or later version
https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/ww/en/view/109989067/
FixedSIMOTION SCOUT TIA V5.7cisa_csaf_ot
Update to V5.7 SP1 HF1 or later version
https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/ww/en/view/109989066/
FixedSIMOTION SCOUT V5.6cisa_csaf_ot
Update to V5.6 SP1 HF7 or later version
https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/ww/en/view/109989067/
FixedSIMOTION SCOUT V5.7cisa_csaf_ot
Update to V5.7 SP1 HF1 or later version
https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/ww/en/view/109989066/
FixedSINAMICS STARTER V5.7cisa_csaf_ot
Update to V5.7 HF2 or later version
https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/ww/en/view/26233208/
MitigationSIMOTION SCOUT TIA V5.4siemens_psirt
Do not open untrusted XML files in affected applications
MitigationSIMOTION SCOUT TIA V5.5siemens_psirt
Do not open untrusted XML files in affected applications
MitigationSIMOTION SCOUT TIA V5.6siemens_psirt
Do not open untrusted XML files in affected applications
MitigationSIMOTION SCOUT TIA V5.7siemens_psirt
Do not open untrusted XML files in affected applications
MitigationSIMOTION SCOUT V5.4siemens_psirt
Do not open untrusted XML files in affected applications
MitigationSIMOTION SCOUT V5.5siemens_psirt
Do not open untrusted XML files in affected applications
MitigationSIMOTION SCOUT V5.6siemens_psirt
Do not open untrusted XML files in affected applications
MitigationSIMOTION SCOUT V5.7siemens_psirt
Do not open untrusted XML files in affected applications
MitigationSINAMICS STARTER V5.5siemens_psirt
Do not open untrusted XML files in affected applications
MitigationSINAMICS STARTER V5.6siemens_psirt
Do not open untrusted XML files in affected applications
MitigationSINAMICS STARTER V5.7siemens_psirt
Do not open untrusted XML files in affected applications
MitigationSIMOTION SCOUT TIA V5.4cisa_csaf_ot
Do not open untrusted XML files in affected applications
MitigationSIMOTION SCOUT TIA V5.5cisa_csaf_ot
Do not open untrusted XML files in affected applications
MitigationSIMOTION SCOUT TIA V5.6cisa_csaf_ot
Do not open untrusted XML files in affected applications
MitigationSIMOTION SCOUT TIA V5.7cisa_csaf_ot
Do not open untrusted XML files in affected applications
MitigationSIMOTION SCOUT V5.4cisa_csaf_ot
Do not open untrusted XML files in affected applications
MitigationSIMOTION SCOUT V5.5cisa_csaf_ot
Do not open untrusted XML files in affected applications
MitigationSIMOTION SCOUT V5.6cisa_csaf_ot
Do not open untrusted XML files in affected applications
MitigationSIMOTION SCOUT V5.7cisa_csaf_ot
Do not open untrusted XML files in affected applications
MitigationSINAMICS STARTER V5.5cisa_csaf_ot
Do not open untrusted XML files in affected applications
MitigationSINAMICS STARTER V5.6cisa_csaf_ot
Do not open untrusted XML files in affected applications
MitigationSINAMICS STARTER V5.7cisa_csaf_ot
Do not open untrusted XML files in affected applications
No fix plannedSIMOTION SCOUT TIA V5.4siemens_psirt
Currently no fix is planned
No fix plannedSIMOTION SCOUT TIA V5.5siemens_psirt
Currently no fix is planned
No fix plannedSIMOTION SCOUT V5.4siemens_psirt
Currently no fix is planned
No fix plannedSIMOTION SCOUT V5.5siemens_psirt
Currently no fix is planned
No fix plannedSINAMICS STARTER V5.5siemens_psirt
Currently no fix is planned
No fix plannedSINAMICS STARTER V5.6siemens_psirt
Currently no fix is planned
No fix plannedSIMOTION SCOUT TIA V5.4cisa_csaf_ot
Currently no fix is planned
No fix plannedSIMOTION SCOUT TIA V5.5cisa_csaf_ot
Currently no fix is planned
No fix plannedSIMOTION SCOUT V5.4cisa_csaf_ot
Currently no fix is planned
No fix plannedSIMOTION SCOUT V5.5cisa_csaf_ot
Currently no fix is planned
No fix plannedSINAMICS STARTER V5.5cisa_csaf_ot
Currently no fix is planned
No fix plannedSINAMICS STARTER V5.6cisa_csaf_ot
Currently no fix is planned

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

6.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.15.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · NCSC-NL NL

v3.15.5mediumAV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.15.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · productcert@siemens.com DEexploitability 1.8 · impact 3.6

v3.15.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · Siemens ProductCERT DE

v3.15.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · CISA US

v4.06.8mediumCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:Nsecondary · ENISA EU

v4.06.8mediumCVSS: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:Xsecondary · productcert@siemens.com DE

v4.04.3mediumCVSS: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:U/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:Xsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Trackcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-611USCWE-611USCWE-611USCWE-611USCWE-611US

affected products (146)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

SIMOTION SCOUT TIA V5.4all versionscisa_csaf_otUS
SIMOTION SCOUT TIA V5.5all versionscisa_csaf_otUS
SIMOTION SCOUT TIA V5.6all versionscisa_csaf_otUS
SIMOTION SCOUT TIA V5.7all versionscisa_csaf_otUS
SIMOTION SCOUT V5.4all versionscisa_csaf_otUS
SIMOTION SCOUT V5.5all versionscisa_csaf_otUS
SIMOTION SCOUT V5.6all versionscisa_csaf_otUS
SIMOTION SCOUT V5.7all versionscisa_csaf_otUS
SINAMICS STARTER V5.5all versionscisa_csaf_otUS
SINAMICS STARTER V5.6all versionscisa_csaf_otUS
SINAMICS STARTER V5.7all versionscisa_csaf_otUS
Siemens SIMOTION SCOUT TIA V5.4≤ vers:all/*cisa_csaf_otUS
Siemens SIMOTION SCOUT TIA V5.5≤ vers:all/*cisa_csaf_otUS
Siemens SIMOTION SCOUT TIA V5.6< V5.6_SP1_HF7cisa_csaf_otUS
Siemens SIMOTION SCOUT TIA V5.7< V5.7_SP1_HF1cisa_csaf_otUS
Siemens SIMOTION SCOUT V5.4≤ vers:all/*cisa_csaf_otUS
Siemens SIMOTION SCOUT V5.5≤ vers:all/*cisa_csaf_otUS
Siemens SIMOTION SCOUT V5.6< V5.6_SP1_HF7cisa_csaf_otUS
Siemens SIMOTION SCOUT V5.7< V5.7_SP1_HF1cisa_csaf_otUS
Siemens SINAMICS STARTER V5.5≤ vers:all/*cisa_csaf_otUS

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advisories (3)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

NCSC-2025-0246Kwetsbaarheden verholpen in Siemens productenNL2025-08-12csaf · ncsc_nlNL
Siemens heeft kwetsbaarheden verholpen in diverse producten als SIMATIC, SINEC, SIMAC, RUGGEDCOM, SIMOTION, SINAMICS, SIPROTEC en SINUMERIK.
SSA-186293SSA-186293: XML External Entity (XXE) Injection Vulnerability in SIMOTION SCOUT, SIMOTION SCOUT TIA and SINAMICS STARTER2025-08-12csaf · siemens_psirtDE
SIMOTION SCOUT, SIMOTION SCOUT TIA and SINAMICS STARTER are affected by an XXE injection vulnerability that could allow an attacker to access arbitrary application files. Siemens has released new versions for several affected products and recommends to update to the latest versions. Siemens recommends specific countermeasures for products where fixes are not, or not yet available.
ICSA-25-226-18Siemens SIMOTION SCOUT, SIMOTION SCOUT TIA, and SINAMICS STARTER2025-08-12icsa · cisa_csaf_otUS
SIMOTION SCOUT, SIMOTION SCOUT TIA and SINAMICS STARTER are affected by an XXE injection vulnerability that could allow an attacker to access arbitrary application files. Siemens has released new versions for several affected products and recommends to update to the latest versions. Siemens recommends specific countermeasures for products where fixes are not, or not yet available.

also known as (5)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cisa_csaf_ot ncsc_nl siemens_psirt NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2025-08-12modified 2026-06-17

references (3)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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