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CVE-2014-5412· NVD / CVE Program· CNA icscert

Schneider Electric SCADA Expert ClearSCADA Improper Authentication

Schneider Electric StruxureWare SCADA Expert ClearSCADA 2010 R3 through 2014 R1 allows remote attackers to read database records by leveraging access to the guest account.

MediumCVSS 5.0 · v2.0—No exploit No fix recorded
Published
Sep 18, 2014
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
1.6% · 74th percentile
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Action score

20

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
20 / 40 · 5.0 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 1.6%

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
5.0
CNA · icscert
6.4
1.4 point gap

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

Affected systems

VendorProduct
avevaclearscada
schneider-electricscada expert clearscada

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • aveva clearscada2010
  • aveva clearscada2013
  • schneider-electric scada expert clearscada2013
  • schneider-electric scada expert clearscada2014

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (icscert). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Schneider Electric ClearSCADA

    • 2010 R3.2not affected
    • 2010 R3 (build 72.4560), 2010 R3.1 (build 72.4644)affected

  • Schneider Electric SCADA Expert ClearSCADA

    • 2014 R1.1not affected
    • 2013 R1 (build 73.4729), 2013 R1.1 (build 73.4832), 2013 R1.1a (build 73.4903), 2013 R1.2 (build 73.4955), 2013 R2 (build 74.5094), 2013 R2.1 (build 74.5192), 2014 R1 (build 75.5210)affected

Same product

aveva: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2011-3143Use-after-free vulnerability in Control Microsystems ClearSCADA 2005, 2007, and 2009 before R2.3 and R1.4, as used in SCX before 67 R4.5 and
    42Plan
  • CVE-2017-6021In Schneider Electric ClearSCADA 2014 R1 (build 75.5210) and prior, 2014 R1.1 (build 75.5387) and prior, 2015 R1 (build 76.5648) and prior,
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2017-9962Schneider Electric's ClearSCADA versions released prior to August 2017 are susceptible to a memory allocation vulnerability, whereby malform
    30Monitor
  • CVE-2014-0779Schneider Electric StruxureWare SCADA Expert ClearSCADA Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
    27Monitor
  • CVE-2014-5413Schneider Electric SCADA Expert ClearSCADA Cryptographic Issues
    20Monitor
  • CVE-2011-3144Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Control Microsystems ClearSCADA 2005, 2007, and 2009 before R2.3 and R1.4, as used in SCX before
    18Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
P · data can be read
Integrity
none
Availability
none
Attack complexity
Low
Confidentiality impact
P
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
None

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-287 · Improper Authentication

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

nvd-primary

Root cause

Authentication is added route by route instead of being enforced in one place. When a route added later bypasses the shared middleware, the session check never runs for it.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-287 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

ts
app.use("/admin", requireSession, adminRouter);
// Route added later skips the middlewareapp.post("/admin-api/config", updateConfig);

Fixed

ts
const admin = express.Router();admin.use(requireSession, requireRole("admin"));
admin.post("/config", updateConfig);app.use("/admin", admin);

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

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Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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