CVE-2025-40948

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2026-05-12 · updated 2026-10-23
Weakness: CWE-88

Description

A vulnerability has been identified in RUGGEDCOM ROX MX5000 (All versions < V2.17.1), RUGGEDCOM ROX MX5000RE (All versions < V2.17.1), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1400 (All versions < V2.17.1), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1500 (All versions < V2.17.1), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1501 (All versions < V2.17.1), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1510 (All versions < V2.17.1), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1511 (All versions < V2.17.1), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1512 (All versions < V2.17.1), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1524 (All versions < V2.17.1), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1536 (All versions < V2.17.1), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX5000 (All versions < V2.17.1). Affected devices do not properly validate input in the web server's JSON-RPC interface. This could allow an authenticated remote attacker to read arbitrary files from the underlying operating system's filesystem with root privileges.

Affected products

Siemens Ruggedcom Rox Mx5000 Firmware: before 2.17.1 — fixed in 2.17.1
Siemens Ruggedcom Rox Mx5000Re Firmware: before 2.17.1 — fixed in 2.17.1
Siemens Ruggedcom Rox Rx1400 Firmware: before 2.17.1 — fixed in 2.17.1
Siemens Ruggedcom Rox Rx1500 Firmware: before 2.17.1 — fixed in 2.17.1
Siemens Ruggedcom Rox Rx1501 Firmware: before 2.17.1 — fixed in 2.17.1
Siemens Ruggedcom Rox Rx1510 Firmware: before 2.17.1 — fixed in 2.17.1
Siemens Ruggedcom Rox Rx1511 Firmware: before 2.17.1 — fixed in 2.17.1
Siemens Ruggedcom Rox Rx1512 Firmware: before 2.17.1 — fixed in 2.17.1
Siemens Ruggedcom Rox Rx1524 Firmware: before 2.17.1 — fixed in 2.17.1
Siemens Ruggedcom Rox Rx1536 Firmware: before 2.17.1 — fixed in 2.17.1
Siemens Ruggedcom Rox Rx5000 Firmware: before 2.17.1 — fixed in 2.17.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Siemens Ruggedcom Rox Mx5000 Firmware 2.17.1; Siemens Ruggedcom Rox Mx5000Re Firmware 2.17.1; Siemens Ruggedcom Rox Rx1400 Firmware 2.17.1; Siemens Ruggedcom Rox Rx1500 Firmware 2.17.1; Siemens Ruggedcom Rox Rx1501 Firmware 2.17.1; Siemens Ruggedcom Rox Rx1510 Firmware 2.17.1; Siemens Ruggedcom Rox Rx1511 Firmware 2.17.1; Siemens Ruggedcom Rox Rx1512 Firmware 2.17.1; Siemens Ruggedcom Rox Rx1524 Firmware 2.17.1; Siemens Ruggedcom Rox Rx1536 Firmware 2.17.1; Siemens Ruggedcom Rox Rx5000 Firmware 2.17.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-973901.html

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