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CVE-2025-3448: B&R Industrial Automation Automation Runtime · XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting'

Affects B&R Industrial Automation Automation RuntimeSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.1 Medium.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 15:59 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
5.1Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 17% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 7 Oct 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
B&R Industrial Automation GmbH Automation RuntimeAffected
  • =6.0
  • =4
Fixed in–

AI-suggested

To mitigate CVE-2025-3448, European organizations should: 1) Monitor B&R Industrial Automation GmbH communications for official patches and promptly apply updates to Automation Runtime version 6.4 or later once released. 2) Implement strict input validation and output encoding on the System Diagnostics Manager web interface to neutralize malicious input and prevent script injection. 3) Restrict access to the SDM interface to trusted internal networks or via VPN with strong authentication to reduce exposure to remote attackers. 4) Educate users and operators about the risks of clicking unsolicited links and implement email filtering to reduce phishing attempts. 5) Employ web application firewalls (WAFs) with rules to detect and block reflected XSS attack patterns targeting the affected endpoints. 6) Conduct regular security assessments and penetration testing of industrial web interfaces to identify and remediate similar vulnerabilities proactively. 7) Use browser security features such as Content Security Policy (CSP) to limit the impact of injected scripts. These measures, combined with patching, will reduce the likelihood and impact of exploitation.

Description

Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities exist in System Diagnostics Manager (SDM) of B&R Automation Runtime versions before 6.4 that enables a remote attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript code in the context of the attacked user’s browser session

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