What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-6438?

CVE-2025-6438 has a CVSS 4.0 base score of 5.9 (Medium). CVSS vector: 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. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.0%.

How to fix or mitigate CVE-2025-6438?

Within 30 days: Identify affected systems and apply vendor patches as part of regular patch cycle. Monitor vendor channels for patch availability.

CVE-2025-6438

EUVD-2025-21129 MEDIUM

Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (CWE-611)

2025-07-11 cybersecurity@se.com

XXE

5.9

CVSS 4.0 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

5.9 MEDIUM

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

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Lifecycle Timeline

EUVD ID Assigned

Mar 16, 2026 - 08:17 euvd

EUVD-2025-21129

Analysis Generated

Mar 16, 2026 - 08:17 vuln.today

CVE Published

Jul 11, 2025 - 09:15 nvd

MEDIUM 5.9

DescriptionCVE.org

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 account.