InduSoft Web Studio Path Traversal

published 2014-04-25 12 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2014-0811

cvss: 9.8; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Exploited; added 2022-04-15
epss: 74.7%; EPSS 74.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.5%
public exploits: 1; Exploit-DB

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.

Patch / fix

cisa required action Apply updates per vendor instructions.

links 1

ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-14-107-02 advisory

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

cisa ICSA-14-107-02 updated 2025-06-06 cvss 7.5

InduSoft Web Studio Directory Traversal Vulnerability

InduSoft Web Studio 7.1
affected: mitigation “InduSoft technical support can be contacted at: (mailto:support@indusoft.com)”

From CISA ICS and IT advisories (CSAF, https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF), a U.S. Government work; changed: reduced to products, statuses and remediations. CISA notification · csaf

Timeline

2014-04-25 Published
2017-09-13 First public exploit (EDB-42699)
2022-04-15 Added to CISA KEV
2022-05-06 CISA patch deadline
2025-02-07 CISA SSVC: exploitation active

Known exploited

Added: 4 y ago (2022-04-15)
Patch by: 2022-05-06 (4 y ago)
Ransomware: Not known
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Vendor, product: InduSoft, Web Studio
CISA name: InduSoft Web Studio NTWebServer Directory Traversal Vulnerability

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: Active, exploited in the wild
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 21 mo ago (2025-02-07)

Exploit prediction

74.68% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.5% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

EDB-42699 Indusoft Web Studio - Directory Traversal Information Disclosure (Metasploit) webapps, 2017-09-13

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	2.0	7.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CISA ADP	3.1	9.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	9.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA	3.1	9.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	7.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

InduSoft Web Studio

Classification

Weakness

CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

ics-cert.us-cert.gov /advisories/ICSA-14-107-02
patch, third-party-advisory, us-government-resource
exploit-db.com /exploits/42699/
exploit, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
cisa.gov /news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-14-107-02
us-government-resource
securityfocus.com /bid/67056
vdb-entry, broken-link, third-party-advisory
download.indusoft.com /71.2.4/IWS71.2.4.zip
broken-link
cisa.gov /known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2014-0780
government-resource, us-government-resource

Sources

CVE List CVE-2014-0780
NVD CVE-2014-0780

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

Summary