CVE-2025-61977 AutomationDirect Productivity Suite Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password
Attackers can decrypt protected industrial automation projects by answering a single weak recovery question, exposing sensitive control logic.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-61977?
CVE-2025-61977 is a high-severity vulnerability in AutomationDirect Productivity 1000 P1-540 CPU, published on 23 Oct 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A weak password recovery mechanism for forgotten password vulnerability was discovered in Productivity Suite software version v4.4.1.19. The vulnerability allows an attacker to decrypt an encrypted project by answering just one recovery question.
Weakness: CWE-640
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-61977?
How do I fix CVE-2025-61977?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-61977 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-61977 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-61977 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2fv7-mv57-whf5.