What is CVE-2025-40573?

CVE-2025-40573 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Siemens Scalance Lpe9403, classified under Path Traversal: '.../...//'. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2025-05-13.

How severe is CVE-2025-40573?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Siemens Scalance Lpe9403

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 ou…

EPSS: 0.001 (31.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Siemens Scalance Lpe9403 — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-35 — Path Traversal: '.../...//'

References

cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-327438.html

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-40573?: CVE-2025-40573 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Siemens Scalance Lpe9403, classified under Path Traversal: '.../...//'. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2025-05-13.
How severe is CVE-2025-40573?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.