Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-1164

Allowed-with-Review

Irrelevant Code

Abstraction: Class · Status: Incomplete

API response cwe.mitre.org

The product contains code that is not essential for execution, i.e. makes no state changes and has no side effects that alter data or control flow, such that removal of the code would have no impact to functionality or correctness.

2 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.

CVE-2025-40769 (GCVE-0-2025-40769)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-08-12 11:17 – Updated: 2025-08-12 13:36
VLAI
Summary
A vulnerability has been identified in SINEC Traffic Analyzer (6GK8822-1BG01-0BA0) (All versions < V3.0). The affected application uses a Content Security Policy that allows unsafe script execution methods. This could allow an attacker to execute unauthorized scripts, potentially leading to cross-site scripting attacks.
Severity
7.4 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.5 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Siemens SINEC Traffic Analyzer Affected: 0 , < V3.0 (custom)
Create a notification for this product.
Show details on NVD website
To clipboard 

{
  "containers": {
    "adp": [
      {
        "metrics": [
          {
            "other": {
              "content": {
                "id": "CVE-2025-40769",
                "options": [
                  {
                    "Exploitation": "none"
                  },
                  {
                    "Automatable": "no"
                  },
                  {
                    "Technical Impact": "total"
                  }
                ],
                "role": "CISA Coordinator",
                "timestamp": "2025-08-12T13:35:10.783434Z",
                "version": "2.0.3"
              },
              "type": "ssvc"
            }
          }
        ],
        "providerMetadata": {
          "dateUpdated": "2025-08-12T13:36:16.406Z",
          "orgId": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0",
          "shortName": "CISA-ADP"
        },
        "title": "CISA ADP Vulnrichment"
      }
    ],
    "cna": {
      "affected": [
        {
          "defaultStatus": "unknown",
          "product": "SINEC Traffic Analyzer",
          "vendor": "Siemens",
          "versions": [
            {
              "lessThan": "V3.0",
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "0",
              "versionType": "custom"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "descriptions": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "A vulnerability has been identified in SINEC Traffic Analyzer (6GK8822-1BG01-0BA0) (All versions \u003c V3.0). The affected application uses a Content Security Policy that allows unsafe script execution methods. This could allow an attacker to execute unauthorized scripts, potentially leading to cross-site scripting attacks."
        }
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "cvssV3_1": {
            "baseScore": 7.4,
            "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
            "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
            "version": "3.1"
          }
        },
        {
          "cvssV4_0": {
            "baseScore": 7.5,
            "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
            "vectorString": "CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
            "version": "4.0"
          }
        }
      ],
      "problemTypes": [
        {
          "descriptions": [
            {
              "cweId": "CWE-1164",
              "description": "CWE-1164: Irrelevant Code",
              "lang": "en",
              "type": "CWE"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "providerMetadata": {
        "dateUpdated": "2025-08-12T11:17:19.891Z",
        "orgId": "cec7a2ec-15b4-4faf-bd53-b40f371f3a77",
        "shortName": "siemens"
      },
      "references": [
        {
          "url": "https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-517338.html"
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "cveMetadata": {
    "assignerOrgId": "cec7a2ec-15b4-4faf-bd53-b40f371f3a77",
    "assignerShortName": "siemens",
    "cveId": "CVE-2025-40769",
    "datePublished": "2025-08-12T11:17:19.891Z",
    "dateReserved": "2025-04-16T08:39:30.033Z",
    "dateUpdated": "2025-08-12T13:36:16.406Z",
    "state": "PUBLISHED"
  },
  "dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
  "dataVersion": "5.1"
}

GHSA-W6VQ-734Q-7G6H

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-08-12 12:30 – Updated: 2025-08-12 12:30
VLAI
Details

A vulnerability has been identified in SINEC Traffic Analyzer (6GK8822-1BG01-0BA0) (All versions < V3.0). The affected application uses a Content Security Policy that allows unsafe script execution methods. This could allow an attacker to execute unauthorized scripts, potentially leading to cross-site scripting attacks.

Severity
7.4 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.5 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Show details on source website
To clipboard 

{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2025-40769"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-1164"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-08-12T12:15:37Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "A vulnerability has been identified in SINEC Traffic Analyzer (6GK8822-1BG01-0BA0) (All versions \u003c V3.0). The affected application uses a Content Security Policy that allows unsafe script execution methods. This could allow an attacker to execute unauthorized scripts, potentially leading to cross-site scripting attacks.",
  "id": "GHSA-w6vq-734q-7g6h",
  "modified": "2025-08-12T12:30:33Z",
  "published": "2025-08-12T12:30:33Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-40769"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-517338.html"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/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",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ]
}

No mitigation information available for this CWE.

No CAPEC attack patterns related to this CWE.

← Back to the CWE list