CVE-2025-11697
Studio 5000 ® Simulation Interface Local Code Execution
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
8.9
Studio 5000 ® Simulation Interface Local Code Execution
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.
- Record
CVE-2025-11697- CVSS 4.0
- 8.9 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-84342
8.9
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.
- Record
EUVD-2025-84342- CVSS 4.0
- 8.9 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-j5j6-gp3m-h3vx
8.9
A local code execution security issue exists within Studio 5000® Simulation Interface™ via the...
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.
- Record
GHSA-j5j6-gp3m-h3vx- CVSS 4.0
- 8.9 High
CVSS: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:X - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
8.9
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.
- Record
CVE-2025-11697- CVSS 4.0
- 8.9 High
CVSS: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:X - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-11697 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.9) in Rockwell Automation Studio 5000 ® Simulation Interface, published November 11, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.15%, the 4th percentile. No source names a fixed version.