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CVE-2025-58069 — AutomationDirect CLICK PLUS Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key

The use of a hard-coded cryptographic key was discovered in firmware version 3.60 of the Click Plus PLC. The vulnerability relies on the fact that the software contains a hard-coded AES key used to protect the initial messages of a new KOPS session.

Published Sep 23, 2025 · Updated Oct 18, 2026 · Sources: NIST National Vulnerability Database, CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP, GitHub Security Advisories · CNA: icscert

Who exploits it and how urgent it is

A 0–100 score combining confirmed exploitation, ransomware and APT use, public exploits, EPSS and severity.

No exploitation signal in the sources consulted so far.
How the score was calculated
  • EPSS 0.3% (30-day exploitation probability)+3
  • Technical severity (medium)+3
  • Automatable exploitation (SSVC)+3

The score orders the patch queue; it does not replace your asset context (internet exposure, criticality, compensating controls).

Triage

Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the sources call it.

Exploitation
Not confirmed
Not in CISA KEV — an absence of record, not proof it is unexploited.
EPSS FIRST
0.26%
ahead of 17% of scored CVEs · Oct 18, 2026
Affects
AutomationDirect
CLICK PLUS C0-0x CPU firmware and 2 more
CVSS base
5.3
Medium · 3 source(s)

CISA SSVC assessment CISA

Three decision points CISA publishes for the CVEs it assesses (SSVC 2.0.3). A stakeholder decision, not a severity score.

Exploitation
None
none · proof-of-concept · active
Automatable
Yes
can an attacker script the kill-chain steps
Technical impact
Partial
partial · total control of the vulnerable component

Remediation

Fixes and mitigations documented by the sources — linked to the original advisory.

No fix documented by the sources we poll. That does not mean none exists: check the vendor advisory.

First 24 hours

Ordered from the record’s own fields — exposure first, because you cannot patch what you have not found. A rule-generated starting point.

  1. Identify exposed assets running the affected vendor/product/version combinations (AutomationDirect CLICK PLUS C0-0x CPU firmware, AutomationDirect CLICK PLUS C0-1x CPU firmware, AutomationDirect CLICK PLUS C2-x CPU firmware).
  2. The attack is network-based and needs no privileges: restrict exposure (ACLs, VPN, WAF) until patched.
  3. No fix documented in the sources: reduce exposure and monitor the vendor advisory.
  4. Search available logs for exploit probes, errors and authentication anomalies.

Affected scope

Vendor, product and versions as the sources word them.

VendorProductVersionsStatusSource
AutomationDirect CLICK PLUS C0-0x CPU firmware < v3.71 Vulnerable CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
AutomationDirect CLICK PLUS C0-1x CPU firmware < v3.71 Vulnerable CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
AutomationDirect CLICK PLUS C2-x CPU firmware < v3.71 Vulnerable CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP

Attack characteristics

The CVSS vector, decoded. It describes the attack, not your exposure to it.

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None

Every base score collected

Sources score independently and may disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.

ScoreVersionSeverityExpl.ImpactScored by
6.9 CVSS 4.0 Medium — — ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov via NIST National Vulnerability Database
6.9 CVSS 4.0 Medium — — icscert via CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
5.3 CVSS 3.1 Medium 3.9 1.4 ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov via NIST National Vulnerability Database
5.3 CVSS 3.1 Medium — — GitHub, Inc. via GitHub Security Advisories
5.3 CVSS 3.1 Medium — — icscert via CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N (score shown at the top: ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov)

Weakness MITRE

Weakness class according to MITRE’s CWE catalog.

CWE-321

Other CVEs with this weakness →

Detection

Read off the CVSS vector and the weakness class. Starting points, not tested rules.

  • Prioritize edge telemetry for the network-reachable component (proxy, WAF, IDS/IPS).
web/proxy/WAF logsnetwork IDS/IPS

Timeline

What happened to this CVE, newest first.

  • 2026
  • Affected products added · automationdirect/click plus c0-0x cpu firmware, automationdirect/click plus c0-1x cpu firmware, automationdirect/click p
    Oct 18, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
  • SSVC assessment updated
    Oct 18, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
  • Record published
    Oct 18, 2026
  • CVSS changed · 5.3
    Oct 18, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
  • Source status changed · → Deferred
    Oct 18, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
  • Record created in this database
    Oct 18, 2026 · Alertas do Telegram
  • 2025
  • CVE published
    Sep 23, 2025 · icscert

Source activity

Repeated readings are counted rather than listed.

  • 2× References added · Oct 18, 2026 – Oct 18, 2026
  • 1× Official description updated · Oct 18, 2026 – Oct 18, 2026

References

4 on the record

Elsewhere on this site

AutomationDirect
every CVE for this vendor
CWE-321
other pages naming this weakness

Related CVEs (same products)

  • CVE-2025-58473 AutomationDirect CLICK PLUS Improper Resource Shutdown or Release Sep 23, 2025
  • CVE-2025-55038 AutomationDirect CLICK PLUS Missing Authorization Sep 23, 2025
  • CVE-2025-55069 AutomationDirect CLICK PLUS Predictable Seed in Pseudo-Random Number Generator Sep 23, 2025
  • CVE-2025-57882 AutomationDirect CLICK PLUS Improper Resource Shutdown or Release Sep 23, 2025
  • CVE-2025-59484 AutomationDirect CLICK PLUS Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm Sep 23, 2025
  • CVE-2025-54855 AutomationDirect CLICK PLUS Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information Sep 23, 2025

Not in any source we poll

Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.

  • No fixed version, patch or mitigation documented.
  • No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
  • No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
  • No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.

Answered from this record

Text assembled only from the fields above — no additional claims.

What should defenders know first?

CVE-2025-58069 is "AutomationDirect CLICK PLUS Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key", rated Medium. It affects CLICK PLUS C0-0x CPU firmware (AutomationDirect); versions are in the scope table. It is not in CISA KEV, which does not rule out exploitation. CVSS 5.3 describes technical severity. EPSS 0.26% estimates the probability of exploitation in 30 days; neither replaces your asset context. First verify whether exposed or business-critical assets run the affected versions, apply vendor fixes or mitigations, and preserve logs for review.

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