CVE-2014-0780
InduSoft Web Studio Path Traversal
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- icscert
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in NTWebServer in InduSoft Web Studio 7.1 before SP2 Patch 4 allows remote attackers to read administrative passwords in APP files, and consequently execute arbitrary code, via unspecified web requests.
Exploited in the wild
CISA lists this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as InduSoft Web Studio NTWebServer Directory Traversal Vulnerability.
- Added
- 15 Apr 2022
- Fix due (US federal)
- 6 May 2022
- Used by ransomware
- Not known
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Public exploit
A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit or proof of concept: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: it is being exploited.
- 42699 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Timeline
ID reserved
By icscert
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 8 years later
· 8 years later
Added to CISA KEV
Known exploited in the wild
- 4 years later
· 4 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| icscertCNA (assigner) | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 74.7% · top 0.5% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: active · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected 7.1
What to do
Solution: InduSoft did not intend for this web server to be used in real applications. It was provided as demonstration/training software (as stated in user manuals). They have created a mitigation for this vulnerability in InduSoft Web Studio v7.1+Service Pack 2+ Patch 4. Users may obtain this patch at the following location (you must be logged into your InduSoft account): http://download.indusoft.com/71.2.4/IWS71.2.4.zip InduSoft technical support can be contacted at: [email protected] .
References (6)
- 42699 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-14-107-02 (opens in a new tab)
- 67056 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://download.indusoft.com/71.2.4/IWS71.2.4.zip (opens in a new tab)
- http://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-14-107-02 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2014-0780 (opens in a new tab)government-resource
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- CISA KEV catalog (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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