# CVE-2025-52548: Enabling SSH and Shellinabox on the vulnerable machine

> An attacker with admin access can enable hidden SSH and Shellinabox services to gain remote OS access on E3 Site Supervisor Control devices.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.9 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 2 Sep 2025
- **Updated:** 2 Sep 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-pf3m-qw97-hpvm

## What is CVE-2025-52548?

CVE-2025-52548 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Copeland LP E3 Supervisory Control, published on 2 Sep 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

E3 Site Supervisor Control (firmware version < 2.31F01) contains a hidden API call in the application services that enables SSH and Shellinabox, which exist but are disabled by default. An attacker with admin access to the application services can utilize this API to enable remote access to the underlying OS.

Weakness: CWE-1242 (Inclusion of Undocumented Features or Chicken Bits)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-52548?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Copeland E3 Supervisory Controller Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-52548?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-52548 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-52548 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-52548 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Copeland LP E3 Supervisory Control

- [CVE-2025-6519](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-6519/): Consistent predictable generation of the password for the default admin user "ONEDAY" to the application services (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2025-52549](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-52549/): Predictable root linux password generation (critical 9.2)
- [CVE-2025-52544](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-52544/): Arbitrary read file from the filesystem (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2025-52547](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-52547/): DoS to the application services (high 8.7)
- [CVE-2025-52550](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-52550/): Firmware upgrade packages are unsigned (high 8.6)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-52548 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-52548 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Copeland LP E3 Supervisory Control, published on 2 Sep 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-52548 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Copeland LP E3 Supervisory Control. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-52548/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-52548/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-52548
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-52548
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-52548

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-52548/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.