CVE-2014-4683 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in the WebNavigator server component of Siemens SIMATIC WinCC, affecting versions prior to 7.3, including its use in PCS7. This vulnerability allows remote authenticated attackers to gain elevated privileges through crafted HTTP or HTTPS requests. While the CVSS score is 4.9 (medium severity) due to requiring authentication and medium attack complexity, successful exploitation could lead to partial confidentiality and integrity compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or inclusion in CISA's KEV catalog, though it has received some community and media attention.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:siemens:simatic_pcs7:*:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:siemens:simatic_pcs7:7.1:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:siemens:simatic_pcs7:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 7.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:siemens:wincc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:siemens:wincc:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.