CVE-2013-0653

medium

Published 2013-01-27 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

5.3

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in substitute.bcl in the WebView CimWeb subsystem in GE Intelligent Platforms Proficy HMI/SCADA - CIMPLICITY 4.01 through 8.0, and Proficy Process Systems with CIMPLICITY, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a crafted packet.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Metasploit modules

auxiliary_admin/scada/ge_proficy_substitute_traversal rank 300

GE Proficy Cimplicity WebView substitute.bcl Directory Traversal

Source fetch failed: fetch_error — view the original via the link above.

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
ge	intelligent_platforms_proficy_hmi\/scada_cimplicity	`4.01`
ge	intelligent_platforms_proficy_hmi\/scada_cimplicity	`7.5`
ge	intelligent_platforms_proficy_hmi\/scada_cimplicity	`8.0`
ge	intelligent_platforms_proficy_process_systems_with_cimplicity	`-`

References

CWEs

CWE-22

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.