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CVE-2025-52543VulnerabilityPublished

CVE-2025-52543: Copeland LP E3 Supervisory Control · Use of Password Hash Instead of Password for Authentication

Affects Copeland LP E3 Supervisory ControlSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.3 Medium.

Data as of 25 Oct 2026, 19:02 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
5.3Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 23% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:L/SA:L

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 2 Sep 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 2026-10-25.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Copeland LP E3 Supervisory ControlAffected
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Fixed in–

AI-suggested

Organizations should immediately assess their deployment of Copeland LP E3 Supervisory Control systems and verify firmware versions, prioritizing upgrades to version 2.31F01 or later once available. Until patches are released, network segmentation should be enforced to isolate supervisory control systems from untrusted networks and limit access to trusted administrators only. Implement strict access controls and monitor authentication logs for unusual hash usage or repeated authentication attempts. Employ network intrusion detection systems (NIDS) tuned to detect anomalous authentication patterns or hash replay attempts. Where possible, enforce multi-factor authentication (MFA) at the network or application layer to reduce reliance on password hashes alone. Additionally, conduct regular security audits and penetration testing focused on ICS environments to identify potential exploitation paths. Vendor engagement is critical to obtain timely patches or workarounds. Finally, educate operational technology (OT) personnel about the risks of password hash exposure and the importance of secure credential handling.

Description

E3 Site Supervisor Control (firmware version < 2.31F01) application services (MGW and RCI) uses client side hashing for authentication. An attacker can authenticate by obtaining only the password hash.

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