CVE-2013-0678 — Siemens WinCC before 7.2, as used in SIMATIC PCS7 before 8.0 SP1 and other products, does not properly represent WebNavigator credentials in a database, which makes it easier for remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information via a SQL query

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Siemens WinCC before 7.2, as used in SIMATIC PCS7 before 8.0 SP1 and other products, does not properly represent WebNavigator credentials in a database, which makes it easier for remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information via a SQL query

Published Mar 21, 2013

4.0

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.52%

Description

Siemens WinCC before 7.2, as used in SIMATIC PCS7 before 8.0 SP1 and other products, does not properly represent WebNavigator credentials in a database, which makes it easier for remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information via a SQL query.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.52% 0.01515

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01515

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (11 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.52% (0.01515)	73.58th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.52% (0.01515)	71.13th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.28% (0.00276)	48.96th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.12% (0.00118)	47.57th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
May 10, 2024	0.14% (0.00141)	49.49th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Apr 25, 2024	0.13% (0.00132)	47.63th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.12% (0.00121)	44.69th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.05% (0.01055)	52.13th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 17, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	50.47th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	48.43th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	27.52th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-255

References (2)

http://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/pdf/ICSA-13-079-02.pdf
x_refsource_MISCUS Government Resource
http://www.siemens.com/corporate-technology/pool/de/forschungsfelder/siemens_security_advisory_ssa-714398.pdf
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/pdf/ICSA-13-079-02.pdf		x_refsource_MISCUS Government Resource
http://www.siemens.com/corporate-technology/pool/de/forschungsfelder/siemens_security_advisory_ssa-714398.pdf		x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner icscert

Published Mar 21, 2013

Updated Sep 17, 2024

Reserved Dec 19, 2012

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CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2013-0678

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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