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CVE-2025-62498: AutomationDirect Productivity Suite Relative Path Traversal

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-10-23 · updated 2026-10-18
• Weakness: CWE-23

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.

Affected products

• AutomationDirect Productivity 1000 P1-540 CPU: before SW v4.4.1.19 — fixed in SW v4.4.1.19
• AutomationDirect Productivity 1000 P1-550 CPU: through SW v4.4.1.19
• AutomationDirect Productivity 2000 P2-550 CPU: through SW v4.4.1.19
• AutomationDirect Productivity 2000 P2-622 CPU: through SW v4.4.1.19
• AutomationDirect Productivity 3000 P3-530 CPU: through SW v4.4.1.19
• AutomationDirect Productivity 3000 P3-550E CPU: through SW V4.2.1.9
• AutomationDirect Productivity 3000 P3-622 CPU: through SW V4.2.1.9
• AutomationDirect Productivity Suite: through SW V4.2.1.9

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: AutomationDirect Productivity 1000 P1-540 CPU SW v4.4.1.19. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF/blob/develop/csaf_files/OT/white/2025/icsa-25-296-01.json
• https://www.automationdirect.com/support/software-downloads
• https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-25-296-01

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