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TI-2018-10011 Aliases CVE-2018-13799GHSA-93r3-p736-cjhx

Improper privilege management in Siemens SIMATIC WinCC OA V3.14 and prior

Priority MEDIUM 44CWE-269Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Privilege escalation
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-269.

Summary

A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC WinCC OA V3.14 and prior (All versions < V3.14-P021). Improper access control to a data point of the affected product could allow an unauthenticated remote user to escalate its privileges in the context of SIMATIC WinCC OA V3.14. This vulnerability could be exploited by an attacker with network access to port 5678/TCP of the SIMATIC WinCC OA V3.14 server. Successful exploitation requires no user privileges and no user interaction. This vulnerability could allow an attacker to compromise integrity and availability of the SIMATIC WinCC OA system. At the time of advisory publication no public exploitation of this vulnerability was known.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02252 83rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
SiemensSIMATIC WinCC OA V3.14 and priorSIMATIC WinCC OA V3.14 and prior : All versions < V3.14-P021—No fix listedCNA
  • SIMATIC WinCC OA V3.14 and prior VendorSiemens Affected SIMATIC WinCC OA V3.14 and prior : All versions < V3.14-P021 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:siemens:simatic_wincc_open_architecture:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 3.14VulnerableSiemens
  • cpe:2.3:o:siemens:simatic_wincc_open_architecture:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 3.14 Vulnerable ·Siemens

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-13799
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-93r3-p736-cjhx

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2018-02959 An exploitable heap overflow vulnerability exists in the WkbProgramLow function of… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2014-01310 The integrated web server in Siemens SIMATIC WinCC OA before 3.12 P002 January allows… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2020-06103 A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC Automation Tool (All versions < V4 SP2)… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.7
  • TI-2014-01311 Directory traversal vulnerability in Siemens SIMATIC WinCC OA before 3.12 P002 January… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
  • TI-2019-08150 Broken or risky cryptographic algorithm in Siemens SIMATIC CP 1626 CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.9
  • TI-2014-01312 Siemens SIMATIC WinCC OA before 3.12 P002 January allows remote attackers to cause a… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
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Sources

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