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CVE-2014-0780 · InduSoft Web Studio · Published 2014-04-25
9.8 out of 10
CVSS rates it critical: about as damaging as flaws get.
75%
Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, among the top 1% of all scored flaws (EPSS, 2026-10-29).
Yes
CISA has seen it exploited in real attacks. For US government agencies the fix is deadline passed 1638 days ago (2022-05-06).
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InduSoft Web Studio NTWebServer contains a directory traversal vulnerability that allows remote attackers to read administrative passwords in APP files, allowing for remote code execution.
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.
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A supplied file path escapes the directory the application intended to allow.
CWE-22 · CISA KEV; NVD record: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0; NVD record: ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov; NVD record: nvd@nist.gov
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