Threats / InduSoft / CVE-2014-0780
CVE-2014-0780
· EUVD no mirror located
· GCVE no mirror located
Verified 2026-06-22
InduSoft Web Studio vulnerability
InduSoft Web Studio NTWebServer contains a directory traversal vulnerability allowing remote attackers to read administrative passwords in APP files, enabling remote code execution.
Verdict
Today item — known-exploited.
A path traversal flaw in NTWebServer permits unauthenticated remote access to sensitive credential files. Attackers can extract administrative passwords and achieve code execution on affected systems without authentication.
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Is it exploitable?
— the evidence, ranked above the scoreReported exploitation
8 independent public reports of in-the-wild exploitation are cataloged.Distinct reporting sources (vendor, incident response, government); open them for the underlying claims.
Exploited in the wild
Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-04-15).
Probability (EPSS)
EPSS 0.74548 — modeled likelihood of exploitation activity.EPSS is a daily-changing model output — open the source for today's value.
Severity / affected
Affected: InduSoft, Web Studio. Confirm exact fixed builds in the vendor advisory.
Weakness (CWE)
Mapped to CWE-22 Path Traversal — weakness family: Path traversal / file.CWE assignment from the public NVD record; the weakness class drives how the flaw is exploited.
02
Who’s exploiting it?
— attribution turns risk into urgencyAttribution not established
No confirmed (advisory-backed) threat-actor attribution is established for this record. Absence of a named actor is not absence of compromise — see Coverage & confidence.
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Why it matters
— the attack path, told twice: adversary, then board1
Front door — unauthenticated access narrative 1
Attacker
I craft a directory traversal request to NTWebServer to navigate outside the intended directory structure.
Business
Operational technology infrastructure becomes directly exposed to remote compromise without requiring valid credentials.
2
Keys to the kingdom — privilege/identity takeover narrative 2
Attacker
I retrieve APP files containing plaintext or weakly protected administrative passwords from the traversed paths.
Business
Administrative access credentials are compromised, eliminating the security boundary between unauthenticated and privileged operations.
3
Lateral reach — past segmentation narrative 3
Attacker
I use the extracted credentials to authenticate and execute arbitrary code on the Web Studio instance.
Business
Complete system compromise occurs, allowing attackers to modify industrial processes, steal data, or cause operational disruption.
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What to do
— defensible action- Remediate per the vendor advisory — confirm the fixed build for your version and verify exposure.1
Say it to the boardA vulnerability with this evidence profile is a defensible budget line, not a backlog ticket — fund the change against the proof above.
05
Coverage & confidence
— what we know, and what we don’tEstablished (cited)
Coverage gaps — stated, not hidden
Disclosure & credit2
Catalogued by icscertCNA
Credited with finding itZero Day Initiative (ZDI)finder