CVE-2014-0751: GE Proficy HMI/SCADA Path Traversal

Is it exploited?

Reported, not confirmed by CISA. VulnCheck KEV lists it as exploited in the wild. CISA has not added it to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as of 29 Oct 2026.

VulnCheck KEV lists it since 10 Dec 2014. It cites 3 public reports, the first from 10 Dec 2014.

• us-cert.cisa.gov
• cisa.gov
• cisa.gov

How likely is exploitation in the next 30 days?

3.1%

EPSS score, percentile 87.6 of all scored records. A probability estimated by FIRST, not a report of exploitation.

How severe?

6.8 Medium

CVSS v2.0 base score, given by the CNA

What should I do?

GE has produced an update that mitigates one vulnerability and made configuration changes to mitigate the other. Full textSolution from the CVE record.

CISA has set no required action, because the vulnerability is not in KEV.

The CVE record links no vendor advisory, patch or mitigation.

Which versions are affected?

Affected

• from 4.01 to before 8.2
• all versions

Versions by product

Source: CISA KEV 2026.10.29, as of 29 Oct 2026; VulnCheck KEV, as of 30 Oct 2026; FIRST EPSS, as of 29 Oct 2026; CVE List, as of 30 Oct 2026. About the data.

Description

GE Proficy HMI/SCADA Path Traversal

The CIMPLICITY Web-based access component, CimWebServer, does not check the location of shell files being loaded into the system. By modifying the source location, an attacker could send shell code to the CimWebServer which would deploy the nefarious files as part of any SCADA project. This could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code.

Source: CVE List, as of 30 Oct 2026. About the data.

What to do

Advisories and patches

The CVE record links no vendor advisory, patch or mitigation.

Solution (from the CVE record)

GE has produced an update that mitigates one vulnerability and made configuration changes to mitigate the other. Please reference the following GE Product Security Advisories for specific information on the vulnerabilities. GEIP13-05 To address this vulnerability, all copies of the gefebt.exe files that are accessible from a Web client must be deleted or moved, so they are inaccessible. If the production Web configuration currently relies on gefebt.exe, changes to the server’s Web pages may also be desirable. The GE Product Security Advisory, which provides additional guidance, is available here:  http://support.ge-ip.com/support/index?page=kbchannel&id=KB15939 GEIP13-06 Download Proficy HMI/SCADA - CIMPLICITY 8.2 SIM 24 at:  http://support.ge-ip.com/support/index?page=dwchannel&id=DN4128 The GE Product Security Advisory is available here:  http://support.ge-ip.com/support/index?page=kbchannel&id=KB15940

This summary is based on the CVE record as of 30 Oct 2026. Check the vendor's advisory before you act: affected versions and fixes can change.

Affected products and versions

Source: CVE List, as of 30 Oct 2026. About the data.

Timeline