CVE-2025-40573

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.

CVSS v3 4.4 MEDIUM

4.4^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 0.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-327438.html	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:o:siemens:scalance_lpe9403_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:siemens:scalance_lpe9403:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

08 Jul 2025, 11:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Summary	(en) A vulnerability has been identified in SCALANCE LPE9403 (6GK5998-3GS00-2AC2) (All versions). Affected devices are vulnerable to path traversal attacks. This could allow a privileged local attacker to restore backups that are outside the backup folder.	(en) 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.

30 May 2025, 17:07

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPE		cpe:2.3:o:siemens:scalance_lpe9403_firmware:-:::::::* cpe:2.3:h:siemens:scalance_lpe9403:-:::::::*
CWE		CWE-22
References	~~() https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-327438.html -~~	() https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-327438.html - Vendor Advisory
First Time		Siemens Siemens scalance Lpe9403 Siemens scalance Lpe9403 Firmware
Summary		(es) Se ha identificado una vulnerabilidad en SCALANCE LPE9403 (6GK5998-3GS00-2AC2) (todas las versiones). Los dispositivos afectados son vulnerables a ataques de path traversal. Esto podría permitir que un atacante local con privilegios restaure copias de seguridad fuera de la carpeta de copias de seguridad.

13 May 2025, 10:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-05-13 10:15

Updated : 2025-07-08 11:15

NVD link : CVE-2025-40573

Mitre link : CVE-2025-40573

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-40573

JSON object : View

Products Affected

siemens

scalance_lpe9403_firmware
scalance_lpe9403

CWE

CWE-35

Path Traversal: '.../...//'

CWE-22

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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