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CVE-2013-2796

6.9 · MEDIUM

Schneider Electric Vijeo Citect 7.20 and earlier, CitectSCADA 7.20 and earlier, and PowerLogic SCADA 7.20 and earlier allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files, send HTTP requests to intranet…

Published Aug 9, 2013schneider-electricCWE-264EPSS 0.73%

Overview

CVE-2013-2796 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting schneider-electric citectscada. It was published on August 9, 2013 and has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 6.9 (MEDIUM).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 6.9, rated MEDIUM. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

Technical description

Schneider Electric Vijeo Citect 7.20 and earlier, CitectSCADA 7.20 and earlier, and PowerLogic SCADA 7.20 and earlier allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files, send HTTP requests to intranet servers, or cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via an XML document containing an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from schneider-electric. Update citectscada to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

Affected products

VendorProductVersionsStatus
schneider-electriccitectscada0Affected
schneider-electricpowerlogic_scada0Affected
schneider-electricvijeo_citect0Affected

References

Refics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-13-217-02Refwww.citect.schneider-electric.com/cs-HF720SP459363Refics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-13-217-02Refwww.citect.schneider-electric.com/cs-HF720SP459363

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2013-2796?

CVE-2013-2796 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting schneider-electric citectscada. It was published on August 9, 2013 and has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 6.9 (MEDIUM).

How severe is CVE-2013-2796?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 6.9, rated MEDIUM. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2013-2796?

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from schneider-electric. Update citectscada to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

How can CyberStrike help with CVE-2013-2796?

CyberStrike is an open-source, AI-augmented pentesting engine. Rather than flag a version number, it tests whether an issue like CVE-2013-2796 is actually reachable in your own applications and APIs, then verifies each finding before reporting it. That tells you if the weakness is a real, exploitable risk in your environment or a false positive you can safely deprioritize.

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