CVE-2025-11697

highpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.002 · 5 %ileDEEUUS
grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled
Exploitable?
—
no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.15% (5th) EPSS
CVSS 8.8 · high
Is it mine?
5 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
4 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cert_bund · cisa_csaf_ot

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

A local code execution security issue exists within Studio 5000® Simulation Interface™ via the API. This vulnerability allows any Windows user on the system to extract files using path traversal sequences, resulting in execution of scripts with Administrator privileges on system reboot.

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remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

No vendor fix yet; a mitigation is available.

  • MitigationStudio 5000 Simulation Interfacecisa_csaf_ot

    Rockwell Automation recommends that users upgrade to version 3.0.0 or later.

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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

8.9
010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5.9–8.9

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · CISA US
v4.08.9highCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:Hsecondary · ENISA EU
v4.08.9highCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:Xsecondary · PSIRT@rockwellautomation.com
v4.05.9mediumCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:U/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:Xsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-200USCWE-918US
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affected products (5)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

  • WID-SEC-W-2025-2538Rockwell Automation Studio 5000: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2025-11-10csaf · cert_bundDE

    Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Rockwell Automation Studio 5000 ausnutzen, um Dateien zu manipulieren, um Informationen offenzulegen, und potenziell um beliebigen Programmcode mit Administratorrechten auszuführen.

  • ICSA-25-317-06Rockwell Automation Studio 5000 Simulation Interface2025-11-13icsa · cisa_csaf_otUS

    Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow attackers to trigger outbound SMB requests to capture NTLM hashes and execute scripts with Administrator privileges upon system reboot.

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also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvdenisa_euvdcert_bundcisa_csaf_otNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2025-11-11modified 2026-10-18
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references (3)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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