CVE-2014-0780 on CISA KEV

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.

01What CISA says about this vulnerability

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.

02Required action — verbatim from CISA

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

03Notes & references

• www.exploit-db.com — https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42699/
• www.cisa.gov — https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-14-107-02
• www.securityfocus.com — http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67056
• download.indusoft.com — http://download.indusoft.com/71.2.4/IWS71.2.4.zip

04SARA's analyst layer — why this matters

This vulnerability is currently on the CISA KEV list, which CISA only adds CVEs to when there is reliable evidence of active exploitation in the wild. For federal civilian agencies, BOD 22-01 requires remediation by the due date above. For everyone else, KEV is the strongest "patch immediately" signal you can get from public threat intel.

05Affected products (summary)

Vendor	Product	Versions
InduSoft	Web Studio	7.1

06Detection

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