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CVE-2013-0653

34
FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-0653 is a directory traversal vulnerability in the WebView CimWeb subsystem of GE Intelligent Platforms Proficy HMI/SCADA - CIMPLICITY (versions 4.01-8.0) and Proficy Process Systems. This flaw allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files by sending a specially crafted packet. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a moderate severity, with a network attack vector and medium attack complexity, leading to potential information disclosure. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, a Metasploit module exists, and despite its age, it has a FAUCET Risk Score of 85/100, suggesting a higher-than-average risk.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.01CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ge:intelligent_platforms_proficy_hmi\/scada_cimplicity:4.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ge:intelligent_platforms_proficy_hmi\/scada_cimplicity:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ge:intelligent_platforms_proficy_hmi\/scada_cimplicity:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ge:intelligent_platforms_proficy_process_systems_with_cimplicity:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:h:ge:intelligent_platforms_proficy_process_systems:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
19.11%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: GE Proficy Cimplicity WebView substitute.bcl Directory Traversal · Jan 22, 2013
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1911 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

us-cert.gov / control_systems/pdf/ICSA-13-022-02.pdf
US Government Resource