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CompactLogix® 5480 Code Execution Vulnerability 

Severity:
High
Advisory ID:
SD1746
Published Date:
September 09, 2025
Last Updated:
September 09, 2025
Revision Number:
1.0
Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV):
No
Corrected:
No
Workaround:
Yes
CVE IDs
CVE-2025-9160 
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Summary

The security of our products is important to us as your industrial automation supplier. This security issue was found internally during routine testing and is being reported based on our commitment to customer transparency and improvement of all business environments. 

 

Product Description

 

The CompactLogix® 5480 controller from Rockwell Automation is a high-performance, real-time controller that combines Logix control with Windows 10 IoT Enterprise.

 

Affected products and solution

 

Affected Product 

CVE 

Affected  Software Version 

Corrected in Software Version 

Affected Catalog Numbers

CompactLogix® 5480

CVE-2025-9160 

Version 32 - 37.011 w Windows package (2.1.0) Win10 v1607

N/A

5069-L430ERMW

5069-L450ERMW
5069-4100ERMW

5069-L4200ERMW 5069-L46ERMW

 

Security Issue Details

 

Category

Details

CVE ID

CVE-2025-9160

Impact

A code execution security issue exists in the affected product. An attacker with physical access could abuse the maintenance menu of the controller with a crafted payload. The security issue can result in arbitrary code execution. 

CVSS 3.1 Base Score

6.8/10

CVSS 4.0 Base Score

7.0/10

CWEs

CWE-306: Missing Authentication for Critical Function

Known Exploited Vulnerability

No (Not listed in KEV database)

 

 

 

 

 

Mitigations and Workarounds 
Best security practices should be applied. 

  •     Security Best Practices 
  •     System Security Design Guidelines

 

 

Revision History

 

Revision

Date

Description

1.0

 September 9, 2025

Initial release

 

 

 

Glossary 

·         Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV) database: an official list of security flaws that attackers have actively exploited 

·         Arbitrary Code Execution: an attacker's ability to run any commands or code of the attacker's choice on a target machine or in a target process 

 

 

 

 

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