CVE-2025-40948: siemens ruggedcom_rox_mx5000_firmware Argument Injection

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-40948 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) Argument Injection vulnerability in siemens ruggedcom_rox_mx5000_firmware. EPSS estimates a 0.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 32.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 12-05-2026
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 12-05-2026
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

• CWE-88Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection')The product constructs a string for a command to be executed by a separate component in another control sphere, but it does not properly delimit the intended arguments, options, or switches within that command string.