CVE-2025-24811

High

Published: 11 February 2025

Published

11 February 2025

Modified

15 April 2026

KEV Added

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Patch

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CVSS Score 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS Score 0.0005 16.4th percentile

Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-24811 is a high-severity Improper Resource Shutdown or Release (CWE-404) vulnerability in Siemens (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 16.4th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 SC-5 (Denial-of-service Protection) and SC-7 (Boundary Protection).

Threat & Defense at a Glance

What attackers do: exploitation maps to Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190) and 1 other technique. What defenders deploy: see the NIST 800-53 controls recommended below.

Threat & Defense Details

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5)AI

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match

prevent

Directly remediates the flaw in SIMATIC S7-1200 CPUs that fails to properly process crafted packets on port 80/tcp, as addressed in Siemens Security Advisory SSA-224824.

SC-5 Denial-of-service Protection good match

prevent

Provides denial-of-service protections at system entry points to block or mitigate specially crafted packets targeting port 80/tcp that disrupt PLC operation.

SC-7 Boundary Protection good match

prevent

Monitors and controls communications at network boundaries to restrict unauthenticated access to port 80/tcp on vulnerable SIMATIC S7-1200 CPUs.

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access

Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.

attack.mitre.org →

T1499.004 Application or System Exploitation Impact

Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities that can cause an application or system to crash and deny availability to users.

attack.mitre.org →

Why these techniques?

The vulnerability allows unauthenticated network attackers to send crafted packets to the HTTP service on port 80, directly enabling exploitation of a public-facing application to cause denial-of-service (T1190) via application or system exploitation (T1499.004).

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

NVD Description

A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC S7-1200 CPU 1211C AC/DC/Rly (6ES7211-1BE40-0XB0), SIMATIC S7-1200 CPU 1211C DC/DC/DC (6ES7211-1AE40-0XB0), SIMATIC S7-1200 CPU 1211C DC/DC/Rly (6ES7211-1HE40-0XB0), SIMATIC S7-1200 CPU 1212C AC/DC/Rly (6ES7212-1BE40-0XB0), SIMATIC S7-1200 CPU 1212C DC/DC/DC (6ES7212-1AE40-0XB0), SIMATIC S7-1200 CPU 1212C…

DC/DC/Rly (6ES7212-1HE40-0XB0), SIMATIC S7-1200 CPU 1212FC DC/DC/DC (6ES7212-1AF40-0XB0), SIMATIC S7-1200 CPU 1212FC DC/DC/Rly (6ES7212-1HF40-0XB0), SIMATIC S7-1200 CPU 1214C AC/DC/Rly (6ES7214-1BG40-0XB0), SIMATIC S7-1200 CPU 1214C DC/DC/DC (6ES7214-1AG40-0XB0), SIMATIC S7-1200 CPU 1214C DC/DC/Rly (6ES7214-1HG40-0XB0), SIMATIC S7-1200 CPU 1214FC DC/DC/DC (6ES7214-1AF40-0XB0), SIMATIC S7-1200 CPU 1214FC DC/DC/Rly (6ES7214-1HF40-0XB0), SIMATIC S7-1200 CPU 1215C AC/DC/Rly (6ES7215-1BG40-0XB0), SIMATIC S7-1200 CPU 1215C DC/DC/DC (6ES7215-1AG40-0XB0), SIMATIC S7-1200 CPU 1215C DC/DC/Rly (6ES7215-1HG40-0XB0), SIMATIC S7-1200 CPU 1215FC DC/DC/DC (6ES7215-1AF40-0XB0), SIMATIC S7-1200 CPU 1215FC DC/DC/Rly (6ES7215-1HF40-0XB0), SIMATIC S7-1200 CPU 1217C DC/DC/DC (6ES7217-1AG40-0XB0), SIPLUS S7-1200 CPU 1212 AC/DC/RLY (6AG1212-1BE40-2XB0), SIPLUS S7-1200 CPU 1212 AC/DC/RLY (6AG1212-1BE40-4XB0), SIPLUS S7-1200 CPU 1212 DC/DC/RLY (6AG1212-1HE40-2XB0), SIPLUS S7-1200 CPU 1212 DC/DC/RLY (6AG1212-1HE40-4XB0), SIPLUS S7-1200 CPU 1212C DC/DC/DC (6AG1212-1AE40-2XB0), SIPLUS S7-1200 CPU 1212C DC/DC/DC (6AG1212-1AE40-4XB0), SIPLUS S7-1200 CPU 1212C DC/DC/DC RAIL (6AG2212-1AE40-1XB0), SIPLUS S7-1200 CPU 1214 AC/DC/RLY (6AG1214-1BG40-2XB0), SIPLUS S7-1200 CPU 1214 AC/DC/RLY (6AG1214-1BG40-4XB0), SIPLUS S7-1200 CPU 1214 AC/DC/RLY (6AG1214-1BG40-5XB0), SIPLUS S7-1200 CPU 1214 DC/DC/DC (6AG1214-1AG40-2XB0), SIPLUS S7-1200 CPU 1214 DC/DC/DC (6AG1214-1AG40-4XB0), SIPLUS S7-1200 CPU 1214 DC/DC/DC (6AG1214-1AG40-5XB0), SIPLUS S7-1200 CPU 1214 DC/DC/RLY (6AG1214-1HG40-2XB0), SIPLUS S7-1200 CPU 1214 DC/DC/RLY (6AG1214-1HG40-4XB0), SIPLUS S7-1200 CPU 1214 DC/DC/RLY (6AG1214-1HG40-5XB0), SIPLUS S7-1200 CPU 1214C DC/DC/DC RAIL (6AG2214-1AG40-1XB0), SIPLUS S7-1200 CPU 1214FC DC/DC/DC (6AG1214-1AF40-5XB0), SIPLUS S7-1200 CPU 1214FC DC/DC/RLY (6AG1214-1HF40-5XB0), SIPLUS S7-1200 CPU 1215 AC/DC/RLY (6AG1215-1BG40-2XB0), SIPLUS S7-1200 CPU 1215 AC/DC/RLY (6AG1215-1BG40-4XB0), SIPLUS S7-1200 CPU 1215 AC/DC/RLY (6AG1215-1BG40-5XB0), SIPLUS S7-1200 CPU 1215 DC/DC/DC (6AG1215-1AG40-2XB0), SIPLUS S7-1200 CPU 1215 DC/DC/DC (6AG1215-1AG40-4XB0), SIPLUS S7-1200 CPU 1215 DC/DC/RLY (6AG1215-1HG40-2XB0), SIPLUS S7-1200 CPU 1215 DC/DC/RLY (6AG1215-1HG40-4XB0), SIPLUS S7-1200 CPU 1215 DC/DC/RLY (6AG1215-1HG40-5XB0), SIPLUS S7-1200 CPU 1215C DC/DC/DC (6AG1215-1AG40-5XB0), SIPLUS S7-1200 CPU 1215FC DC/DC/DC (6AG1215-1AF40-5XB0). Affected devices do not process correctly certain special crafted packets sent to port 80/tcp, which could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial of service in the device.

Deeper analysisAI

CVE-2025-24811 is a vulnerability affecting numerous models of SIMATIC S7-1200 CPUs, including the CPU 1211C AC/DC/Rly (6ES7211-1BE40-0XB0), CPU 1211C DC/DC/DC (6ES7211-1AE40-0XB0), CPU 1211C DC/DC/Rly (6ES7211-1HE40-0XB0), and similar variants up to CPU 1217C DC/DC/DC (6ES7217-1AG40-0XB0), as well as multiple SIPLUS S7-1200 CPU models such as SIPLUS CPU 1212 AC/DC/RLY (6AG1212-1BE40-2XB0) and others. These programmable logic controllers (PLCs) from Siemens do not correctly process certain specially crafted packets sent to port 80/tcp.

An unauthenticated attacker with network access to the affected device can exploit this vulnerability by sending the crafted packets, resulting in a denial-of-service condition that disrupts device operation. The issue carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H) and is associated with CWE-404.

Siemens has published Security Advisory SSA-224824, available at https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-224824.html, which provides details on mitigation and patching for this vulnerability.