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CVE-2025-40937
published 2025-12-09

CVE-2025-40937: 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…

PriorityP263high8.8CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
0.51%
40.1th percentile
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.

Affected

2 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
siemenssimatic_cn_4100< V4.0.1V4.0.1
siemenssimatic_cn_4100_firmware< 4.0.14.0.1

Detection & IOCsextracted from sources · hover to see the quote

  • CVE-2025-40937 is a command injection (CWE-77) via improper input validation in the REST API of SIMATIC CN 4100; monitor for authenticated REST API requests containing unexpected or shell-special-character arguments targeting the device.
  • Attack vector is network-based, requires low privileges, no user interaction; flag anomalous authenticated REST API calls to SIMATIC CN 4100 devices, especially those with injected command syntax in parameter values.
  • ·All versions of SIMATIC CN 4100 prior to V4.0.1 are vulnerable; the fix is to update to V4.0.1 or later.
  • ·The vulnerability requires an authenticated session to exploit; ensure REST API access is restricted to trusted, authenticated users and that network access to the device is protected.

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.18.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv4.08.7HIGHCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/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:X
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