CVE-2025-59776 AutomationDirect Productivity Suite Relative Path Traversal
Unauthenticated remote attackers can exploit a relative path traversal flaw to create arbitrary directories on the target machine via the PLC simulator.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-59776?
CVE-2025-59776 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in AutomationDirect Productivity 1000 P1-540 CPU, published on 23 Oct 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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 create arbitrary directories on the target machine.
Weakness: CWE-23
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-59776?
How do I fix CVE-2025-59776?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-59776 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2025-59776 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-59776 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-79jv-p4w2-qgx9.