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CVE-2025-61934 — AutomationDirect Productivity Suite Binding to an Unrestricted IP Address CWE-1327

A binding to an unrestricted IP address vulnerability was discovered in Productivity Suite software version v4.4.1.19. The vulnerability allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to interact with the ProductivityService PLC simulator and read, write, or delete arbitrary files and folders on the target machine

Published Oct 23, 2025 · Updated Oct 13, 2026 · Sources: NIST National Vulnerability Database, CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP · 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 0.7% (30-day exploitation probability)+8
  • Technical severity (critical)+10
  • 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
0.66%
ahead of 51% of scored CVEs · Oct 14, 2026
Affects
AutomationDirect
Productivity 1000 P1-540 CPU and 7 more
CVSS base
10.0
Critical · 2 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
Total
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 Productivity 1000 P1-540 CPU, AutomationDirect Productivity 1000 P1-550 CPU, AutomationDirect Productivity 2000 P2-550 CPU…).
  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 Productivity 1000 P1-540 CPU < SW v4.4.1.19 Vulnerable CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
AutomationDirect Productivity 1000 P1-550 CPU ≤ SW v4.4.1.19 Vulnerable CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
AutomationDirect Productivity 2000 P2-550 CPU ≤ SW v4.4.1.19 Vulnerable CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
AutomationDirect Productivity 2000 P2-622 CPU ≤ SW v4.4.1.19 Vulnerable CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
AutomationDirect Productivity 3000 P3-530 CPU ≤ SW v4.4.1.19 Vulnerable CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
AutomationDirect Productivity 3000 P3-550E CPU ≤ SW V4.2.1.9 Vulnerable CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
AutomationDirect Productivity 3000 P3-622 CPU ≤ SW V4.2.1.9 Vulnerable CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
AutomationDirect Productivity Suite ≤ SW V4.2.1.9 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
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Every base score collected

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

ScoreVersionSeverityExpl.ImpactScored by
9.3 CVSS 4.0 Critical — — ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov via NIST National Vulnerability Database
9.3 CVSS 4.0 Critical — — icscert via CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
10.0 CVSS 3.1 Critical 3.9 6.0 ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov via NIST National Vulnerability Database
10.0 CVSS 3.1 Critical — — icscert via CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H (score shown at the top: ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov)

Weakness MITRE

Weakness class according to MITRE’s CWE catalog.

CWE-1327

Other CVEs with this weakness →

EPSS over time FIRST

Oct 13, 2026 → Oct 14, 2026 · 2 reading(s) · max 0.66%

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/productivity suite, automationdirect/productivity 3000 p3-622 cpu, automationdirect/productivity 3000 p
    Oct 13, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
  • SSVC assessment updated
    Oct 13, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
  • Record published
    Oct 13, 2026
  • CVSS changed · 10.0
    Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
  • Source status changed · → Deferred
    Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
  • Record created in this database
    Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
  • 2025
  • CVE published
    Oct 23, 2025 · icscert

Source activity

Repeated readings are counted rather than listed.

  • 1× Official description updated · Oct 13, 2026 – Oct 13, 2026

References

4 on the record

Elsewhere on this site

AutomationDirect
every CVE for this vendor
CWE-1327
other pages naming this weakness

Related CVEs (same products)

  • CVE-2026-61378 AutomationDirect Productivity Suite Divide By Zero Jul 16, 2026
  • CVE-2026-60073 AutomationDirect Productivity Suite Out-of-bounds Read Jul 16, 2026
  • CVE-2026-57896 AutomationDirect Productivity Suite Out-of-bounds Read Jul 16, 2026
  • CVE-2026-60140 AutomationDirect Productivity Suite Out-of-bounds Read Jul 16, 2026
  • CVE-2026-61389 AutomationDirect Productivity Suite Out-of-bounds Write Jul 16, 2026
  • CVE-2026-60063 AutomationDirect Productivity Suite Out-of-bounds Write Jul 16, 2026

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-2025-61934 is "AutomationDirect Productivity Suite Binding to an Unrestricted IP Address CWE-1327", rated Critical. It affects Productivity 1000 P1-540 CPU (AutomationDirect); versions are in the scope table. It is not in CISA KEV, which does not rule out exploitation. CVSS 10.0 describes technical severity. EPSS 0.66% 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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