Siemens SCALANCE LPE9403 Path Traversal (CVE-2025-27397)

low Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 503137

Synopsis

The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

Affected devices do not properly limit user controlled paths to which logs are written and from where they are read. This could allow an authenticated highly-privileged remote attacker to read and write arbitrary files in the filesystem, if and only if the malicious path ends with 'log' .

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Solution

Refer to the vendor advisory.

See Also

https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-075201.html

https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/ww/en/view/109976925/

https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-25-072-06

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 503137

Version: 1.1

Type: remote

Family: Tenable.ot

Published: 3/17/2025

Updated: 3/17/2025

Supported Sensors: Tenable OT Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.0

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.8

Temporal Score: 3.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_lpe9403_firmware:4.0

Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/Siemens

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/11/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/11/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-27397

CWE: 22

ICSA: 25-072-06