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.
Affected products
siemens: ruggedcom rox mx5000 firmware; siemens: ruggedcom rox mx5000; siemens: ruggedcom rox mx5000re firmware; siemens: ruggedcom rox mx5000re; siemens: ruggedcom rox rx1400 firmware; siemens: ruggedcom rox rx1400; siemens: ruggedcom rox rx1500 firmware; siemens: ruggedcom rox rx1500; siemens: ruggedcom rox rx1501 firmware; siemens: ruggedcom rox rx1501; siemens: ruggedcom rox rx1510 firmware; siemens: ruggedcom rox rx1510; siemens: ruggedcom rox rx1511 firmware; siemens: ruggedcom rox rx1511; siemens: ruggedcom rox rx1512 firmware
References1
- cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-973901.html MitigationVendor Advisory
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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6.8
MEDIUM
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 4.0
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6.1
MEDIUM
Score source: CNA
CVSS: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 — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 34 · as of 14 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-88
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