CVE-2013-2796
mediumpriority · track · 28EPSS 0.007 · 54 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Schneider Electric Vijeo Citect 7.20 and earlier, CitectSCADA 7.20 and earlier, and PowerLogic SCADA 7.20 and earlier allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files, send HTTP requests to intranet servers, or cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via an XML document containing an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.
remediations
Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.
No vendor fix yet; a mitigation is available.
- MitigationCitectSCADAcisa_csaf_ot
Schneider Electric recommends that customers contact a support center: Vijeo Citect & CitectSCADA customers please contact the SCADA & MES Software Global Support Center located here: (http://www.citect.schneider-electric.com/contact-support), PowerLogic SCADA customers please contact your local country support organization at: (http://www.schneider-electric.com/sites/corporate/en/support/operations/local-operations/local-operations.page).
http://www.citect.schneider-electric.com/contact-support - MitigationPowerLogic SCADAcisa_csaf_ot
Schneider Electric recommends that customers contact a support center: Vijeo Citect & CitectSCADA customers please contact the SCADA & MES Software Global Support Center located here: (http://www.citect.schneider-electric.com/contact-support), PowerLogic SCADA customers please contact your local country support organization at: (http://www.schneider-electric.com/sites/corporate/en/support/operations/local-operations/local-operations.page).
http://www.citect.schneider-electric.com/contact-support - MitigationVijeo Citectcisa_csaf_ot
Schneider Electric recommends that customers contact a support center: Vijeo Citect & CitectSCADA customers please contact the SCADA & MES Software Global Support Center located here: (http://www.citect.schneider-electric.com/contact-support), PowerLogic SCADA customers please contact your local country support organization at: (http://www.schneider-electric.com/sites/corporate/en/support/operations/local-operations/local-operations.page).
http://www.citect.schneider-electric.com/contact-support
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5.9–8.4
weaknesses
The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.
affected products (16)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- schneider-electric powerlogic scada≤ 7.20nvdUScpe:2.3:a:schneider-electric:powerlogic_scada:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- schneider-electric powerlogic scada= 7.10nvdUScpe:2.3:a:schneider-electric:powerlogic_scada:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
advisories (1)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- ICSA-13-217-02Schneider Electric Vijeo Citect, CitectSCADA, PowerLogic SCADA Vulnerability2013-05-08icsa · cisa_csaf_otUS
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also known as (4)
Other names and identifiers for this entity.
sources
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references (6)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-13-217-02cnnvd
- http://www.citect.schneider-electric.com/cs-HF720SP459363cnnvd
- http://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-13-217-02enisa_euvd
- http://www.citect.schneider-electric.com/cs-HF720SP459363enisa_euvd
- http://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-13-217-02US Government Resourcenvd
- http://www.citect.schneider-electric.com/cs-HF720SP459363Patchnvd
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