AutomationDirect Productivity Suite up to 4.2.1.9 ProductivityService PLC Simulator path traversal

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in AutomationDirect Productivity Suite, Productivity 3000 P3-622 CPU, Productivity 3000 P3-550E CPU, Productivity 3000 P3-530 CPU, Productivity 2000 P2-622 CPU, Productivity 2000 P2-550 CPU, Productivity 1000 P1-550 CPU and Productivity 1000 P1-540 CPU up to 4.2.1.9. This impacts an unknown function of the component ProductivityService PLC Simulator. Such manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2025-60023. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in AutomationDirect Productivity Suite, Productivity 3000 P3-622 CPU, Productivity 3000 P3-550E CPU, Productivity 3000 P3-530 CPU, Productivity 2000 P2-622 CPU, Productivity 2000 P2-550 CPU, Productivity 1000 P1-550 CPU and Productivity 1000 P1-540 CPU up to 4.2.1.9 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component ProductivityService PLC Simulator. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-23. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize sequences such as ".." that can resolve to a location that is outside of that directory. Impacted is integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A relative path traversal vulnerability was discovered in Productivity Suite software version 4.4.1.19. The vulnerability allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to interact with the ProductivityService PLC simulator and delete arbitrary directories on the target machine.

The weakness was released by Luca Borzacchiello as icsa-25-296-01. The advisory is shared for download at cisa.gov. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-60023 since 10/21/2025. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 10/24/2025). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1006.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-35734). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Type

• Chip Software

Vendor

• AutomationDirect

Name

• Productivity 1000 P1-540 CPU
• Productivity 1000 P1-550 CPU
• Productivity 2000 P2-550 CPU
• Productivity 2000 P2-622 CPU
• Productivity 3000 P3-530 CPU
• Productivity 3000 P3-550E CPU
• Productivity 3000 P3-622 CPU
• Productivity Suite

Version

• 4.2.1.0
• 4.2.1.1
• 4.2.1.2
• 4.2.1.3
• 4.2.1.4
• 4.2.1.5
• 4.2.1.6
• 4.2.1.7
• 4.2.1.8
• 4.2.1.9

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