# CVE-2014-0780: InduSoft Web Studio NTWebServer Directory Traversal

> Remote attackers can exploit a path traversal flaw to read administrative credentials and execute arbitrary code in InduSoft Web Studio.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Yes, since 15 Apr 2022 (CISA KEV)
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 25 Apr 2014
- **Updated:** 22 Oct 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8mf8-x5px-f6px

## What is CVE-2014-0780?

CVE-2014-0780 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in InduSoft Web Studio, published on 25 Apr 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-0780?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Indusoft Web Studio.

## How do I fix CVE-2014-0780?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-0780 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available. US federal agencies must fix it by 6 May 2022.

## Is CVE-2014-0780 being exploited?

Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2014-0780 in the wild since at least 15 Apr 2022.

Public exploit code:

- Indusoft Web Studio - Directory Traversal Information Disclosure (Metasploit) (exploitdb)

## Other vulnerabilities in InduSoft Web Studio

- [CVE-2011-4051](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-4051/): Auth bypass in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2011-0342](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-0342/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2011-1900](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-1900/): Path traversal in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2018-8840](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-8840/): Memory corruption in Schneider Electric InduSoft Web Studio and InTouch Machine Edition (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2011-4052](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-4052/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2014-0780 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2014-0780 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in InduSoft Web Studio, published on 25 Apr 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2014-0780 in the wild since at least 15 Apr 2022.

Affected product: InduSoft Web Studio. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-0780/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-0780/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-0780
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0780
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-0780

---
From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-0780/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.