CVE-2014-5412
Schneider Electric SCADA Expert ClearSCADA Improper Authentication
02 Description
Schneider Electric SCADA Expert ClearSCADA Improper Authentication
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.57% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 74.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2014-09-18 10:00Z12 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2025-11-04 22:56Z11 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2014-08-22
- Assigning CNA
- icscert
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 7a1689503225b88b3706441505688b15ec0ceaabe1e8a093a19574b17f6ab658
05 Affected products
06 References
07 Remediation
Schneider Electric advises all ClearSCADA users to take steps to secure the interfaces to the ClearSCADA system. The ClearSCADA database security configuration should be reviewed and updated to limit all system access to authorized users only. The access permissions of existing users should be reduced to only those required by their role (e.g., removing any higher level System Administration privileges from Operations or Engineering users), and specific accounts should be created with appropriate permissions for performing System Administration tasks. Existing ClearSCADA customers using WebX can protect their system from cross-site scripting attacks by disabling the “Allow database shutdown via WebX” option within the ClearSCADA Server Configuration utility. Existing ClearSCADA customers should take measures to ensure their system does not grant any system access until users have supplied a valid username and password. Schneider Electric has corrected the default user security permissions; however, upgrading an existing vulnerable installation to a new version will not affect existing configured database security permissions. Therefore, the measures suggested here are strongly recommended for all users. Schneider Electric has corrected these vulnerabilities in the following service packs: * ClearSCADA 2010 R3.2, Released October 2014, and * SCADA Expert ClearSCADA 2014 R1.1, Released October 2014. If asset owners wish to upgrade to a new ClearSCADA Service Pack, please