CVE-2025-40937 (GCVE-0-2025-40937)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-09 10:44 – Updated: 2025-12-09 15:33
VLAI
Summary
A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC CN 4100 (All versions < V4.0.1). The affected application do not properly validate input parameters in its REST API, resulting in improper handling of unexpected arguments. This could allow an authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code with limited privileges.
Severity
8.3 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
8.7 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-12-09 15:30 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-77 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')
Assigner
siemens CNA under the icscert root
CNA scorecard C 65/100 over 100 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Siemens SIMATIC CN 4100 Affected: 0 , < V4.0.1 (custom)
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