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CVE-2025-62498VulnerabilityPublished

CVE-2025-62498: AutomationDirect Productivity Suite · CWE-23

Affects AutomationDirect Productivity SuiteSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.6 High.

Data as of 25 Oct 2026, 19:02 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
8.6High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 44% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 23 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 2026-10-25.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
AutomationDirect Productivity SuiteAffected
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Fixed in–

AI-suggested

1. Apply patches or updates from AutomationDirect as soon as they become available to address the vulnerability directly. 2. Until patches are released, restrict write and modification permissions on productivity project files to trusted personnel only, minimizing the risk of tampering. 3. Implement file integrity monitoring on project files and related directories to detect unauthorized changes promptly. 4. Employ network segmentation to isolate systems running Productivity Suite from less trusted networks, reducing exposure to remote attackers. 5. Use application whitelisting to prevent execution of unauthorized binaries that could be introduced via path traversal exploitation. 6. Conduct regular security audits and penetration testing focused on industrial control systems to identify potential privilege escalation paths. 7. Educate staff on secure handling of project files and the risks of opening files from untrusted sources. 8. Monitor system and application logs for unusual file extraction or execution activities indicative of exploitation attempts. 9. Consider deploying endpoint detection and response (EDR) solutions capable of detecting anomalous process behaviors related to this vulnerability. 10. Collaborate with AutomationDirect and ICS security communities for timely threat intelligence and mitigation updates.

Description

A relative path traversal (ZipSlip) vulnerability was discovered in Productivity Suite software version 4.4.1.19. The vulnerability allows an attacker who can tamper with a productivity project to execute arbitrary code on the machine where the project is opened.

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