Schneider Electric InduSoft Web Studio before 7.1.3.5 Patch 5 and Wonderware InTouch Machine Edition through 7.1 SP3 Patch 4 use cleartext f

Affected versions

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

• indusoft web studioup to 7.1.3.5 inclusive
• wonderware intouchup to 7.1 inclusive

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

• CVE-2014-0780InduSoft Web Studio Path TraversalKEV
  91Now
• CVE-2011-4051CEServer.exe in the CEServer component in the Remote Agent module in InduSoft Web Studio 6.1 and 7.0 does not require authentication, which
  61This week
• CVE-2011-1900Directory traversal vulnerability in NTWebServer in InduSoft Web Studio 6.1 and 7.x before 7.0+Patch 1 allows remote attackers to execute ar
  50Plan
• CVE-2018-8840A remote attacker could send a carefully crafted packet in InduSoft Web Studio v8.1 and prior versions, and/or InTouch Machine Edition 2017
  42Plan
• CVE-2011-0342Multiple buffer overflows in the InduSoft ISSymbol ActiveX control in ISSymbol.ocx 301.1104.601.0 in InduSoft Web Studio 7.0B2 hotfix 7.0.01
  42Plan
• CVE-2011-4052Stack-based buffer overflow in CEServer.exe in the CEServer component in the Remote Agent module in InduSoft Web Studio 6.1 and 7.0 allows r
  39Monitor

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

Root cause

The extension requests broader permissions than its function needs and sends the data it collects out for purposes beyond its stated function.

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

1{2  "permissions": ["tabs", "<all_urls>"],3  "background": { "service_worker": "analytics.js" }4}

1{2  "permissions": ["activeTab"],3  "host_permissions": ["https://yildiz.example/*"]4}

Attack context

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