CVE-2025-40573

MEDIUM

SCALANCE LPE9403 < V4.0 HF0 - Path Traversal via Backup Restore

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (1)

Core 1

Scores

CVSS v3 4.4
EPSS 0.0015
EPSS Percentile 4.8%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-22 CWE-35
Status published
Products (1)
siemens/scalance_lpe9403_firmware
Published May 13, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026