CVE-2014-0780
InduSoft Web Studio NTWebServer Directory Traversal Vulnerability
Does this matter?
Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 6 May 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 74.68% probability · 100th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 13 September 2017
- CISA KEV
- Listed 15 April 2022 · due 6 May 2022
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Affected
- indusoft/web studio
- Source
- ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov
EPSS 74.7% since 30 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
CISA notes
Apply updates per vendor instructions. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0780
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://download.indusoft.com/71.2.4/IWS71.2.4.zipBroken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67056Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-14-107-02US Government Resource
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42699/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-14-107-02Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67056Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42699/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2014-0780US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.