Vulnerability record · CVE-2013-2796 · published 9 August 2013

CVE-2013-2796: Schneider-electric citectscada permissions and access controls vulnerability

Schneider Electric · Citectscada

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.

6.9 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 0.73% · top 47.8% CWE-264 · Permissions and access controls

6.9CVSS 2.0 base score

0.73%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days

NoNot in CISA KEV

3Affected product versions listed by NVD

4References

16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

3 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

Citectscada Schneider Electric

Powerlogic Scada Schneider Electric

Vijeo Citect Schneider Electric

References

Link	Tags
http://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-13-217-02	US Government Resource
http://www.citect.schneider-electric.com/cs-HF720SP459363	Patch
http://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-13-217-02	US Government Resource
http://www.citect.schneider-electric.com/cs-HF720SP459363	Patch

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2013-2796), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.