CVE-2025-9160

Rockwell Automation CompactLogix® 5480 Code Execution Vulnerability

HIGH

CVSS Score

Published: September 9, 2025 at 12:30 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 10:08 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorCompactLogix 5480

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Severity

HIGH7

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.2%

SSVC

No known exploit

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

CompactLogix 5480 · Rockwell Automation

60%

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

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (1)

Source: [email protected]

https://www.rockwellautomation.com/en-us/trust-center/security-advisories/advisory.SD1746.html

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7HIGHRockwell

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED

CWE

CWE-306

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