Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-40948

Siemens Ruggedcom Rox Mx5000 Firmware ≤ 2.17.1

Published
12 May 2026
Modified
29 June 2026
Patch / advisory
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CVSS Score v4 6.1
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Raw vectorCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/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
EPSS Score 0.0040 33th percentile
Risk Priority 26 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2025-40948 is a medium-severity Argument Injection (CWE-88) vulnerability in Siemens Ruggedcom Rox Mx5000 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 6.1 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Command and Scripting Interpreter (T1059); ranked at the 33th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SA-11 (Developer Testing and Evaluation) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

A05:2025 Injection

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

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 <…

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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.

CWE(s)
CWE-88

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter Execution
Adversaries may abuse command and script interpreters to execute commands, scripts, or binaries.
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T1059.001 PowerShell Execution
Adversaries may abuse PowerShell commands and scripts for execution.
attack.mitre.org →
T1059.003 Windows Command Shell Execution
Adversaries may abuse the Windows command shell for execution.
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T1059.004 Unix Shell Execution
Adversaries may abuse Unix shell commands and scripts for execution.
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Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2025-40947Same product: Siemens Ruggedcom Rox Mx5000
CVE-2025-40949Same product: Siemens Ruggedcom Rox Mx5000
CVE-2023-36751Same product: Siemens Ruggedcom Rox Mx5000
CVE-2023-36754Same product: Siemens Ruggedcom Rox Mx5000
CVE-2023-36755Same product: Siemens Ruggedcom Rox Mx5000
CVE-2023-36752Same product: Siemens Ruggedcom Rox Mx5000
CVE-2023-36750Same product: Siemens Ruggedcom Rox Mx5000
CVE-2023-36753Same product: Siemens Ruggedcom Rox Mx5000
CVE-2023-36749Same product: Siemens Ruggedcom Rox Mx5000
CVE-2023-36386Same product: Siemens Ruggedcom Rox Mx5000

Affected Assets

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
+1 more product configuration(s) — see NVD for full list

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

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Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

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Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

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Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V1.2.5

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SA-11 Developer Testing and Evaluation good match

Developer testing can discover argument-injection flaws in command-construction code but does not stop their introduction.

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match

Input validation directly stops construction of command strings containing unneutralized delimiters or injected arguments.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices directly require proper input validation and command construction to prevent argument injection.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

A.8.29 Security testing in development and acceptance mostly match
finds

Security testing can detect argument injection but does not prevent it at the source.

A.8.25 Secure development life cycle partial match
prevents

Secure development lifecycle mandates input validation and command construction practices that directly prevent argument injection.

A.8.26 Application security requirements partial match
prevents

Application security requirements include explicit rules for safe command-line argument handling and escaping.

A.8.27 Secure system architecture and engineering principles partial match
prevents

Secure architecture principles discourage unsafe command invocation patterns and favor safer APIs.

A.8.28 Secure coding partial match
prevents

Secure coding standards explicitly require proper neutralization of command arguments, directly eliminating CWE-88.

A.8.32 Change management none match
none

Change management can catch unsafe command patterns during reviews but is not a direct mitigation.

References