Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-6438

Medium

Published: 11 July 2025

Published
11 July 2025
Modified
15 April 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v4 5.9 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/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 0.0026 49.4th percentile
Risk Priority 12 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-6438 is a medium-severity Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (CWE-611) vulnerability in Schneider Electric (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 5.9 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked at the 49.4th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

A CWE-611: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference vulnerability exists that could cause manipulation of SOAP API calls and XML external entities injection resulting in unauthorized file access when the server is accessed via the network using an application…

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CWE(s)
CWE-611

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

Schneider Electric
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inferred from references and description; NVD did not file a CPE for this CVE

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

CA-8 Penetration Testing
addresses: CWE-611

Penetration testing includes XML external entity payloads, detecting XXE vulnerabilities and enabling their mitigation.

SI-4 System Monitoring
addresses: CWE-611

Identifies XML external entity processing via monitoring of unusual file/network access or resource usage.

References