CVE-2025-61977
AutomationDirect Productivity Suite Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password
02 Description
AutomationDirect Productivity Suite Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.14% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 3.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.3 (CVSS v4.0), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/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
- NVD analysis status
- Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-18.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2025-10-23 21:51Z1 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2025-10-24 14:34Z1 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2025-10-21
- Assigning CNA
- icscert
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.3)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-640Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten PasswordBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- a93976c379b1cd1f76f1fa79300f052a18c71f411ec78936e5ef2240f533fe34
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-25-296-01
- github.comhttps://github.com/cisagov/CSAF/blob/develop/csaf_files/OT/white/2025/icsa-25-296-01.json
- www.automationdirect.comhttps://www.automationdirect.com/support/software-downloads
- support.automationdirect.comhttps://support.automationdirect.com/docs/securityconsiderations.pdf
07 Remediation
AutomationDirect recommends that users do the following: * Update the Productivity Suite programming software to version 4.5.0.x or higher. * Update the firmware of Productivity PLCs to the latest version. https://www.automationdirect.com/support/software-downloads * Although automation networks and systems come equipped with built-in password protection mechanisms, this represents a fraction of the security measures needed to safeguard these systems. * It is imperative that automation control system networks integrate data protection and security measures that match, if not exceed, the robustness of conventional business computer systems. * AutomationDirect advises users of PLCs, HMI products, and SCADA systems to conduct a thorough network security analysis to ascertain the appropriate level of security necessary for their specific application.