CVE-2025-40746 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting all versions of Siemens SIMATIC RTLS Locating Manager prior to V3.2. It stems from improper input validation in a backup script, allowing an authenticated remote attacker with high privileges to execute arbitrary code with 'NT Authority/SYSTEM' privileges. The CVSS score of 7.2 indicates a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with a network attack vector and low attack complexity. While not currently listed in CISA's KEV catalog and lacking public exploit code, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 3.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:siemens:simatic_rtls_locating_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 0, < V3.2CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:siemens:simatic_rtls_locating_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/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
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.3 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.