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Vulnerability record · CVE-2014-0772 · published 12 April 2014

CVE-2014-0772: Advantech webaccess information exposure vulnerability

Advantech · Advantech Webaccess

The BWOCXRUN.BwocxrunCtrl.1 control contains a method named OpenUrlToBufferTimeout. This method takes a URL as a parameter and returns its contents to the caller in JavaScript. The URLs are accessed in the security context of the current browser session. The control does not perform any URL validation and allows file:// URLs that access the local disk. The method can be used to open a URL (including file URLs) and read the URLs through JavaScript. This method could also be used to reach any arbitrary URL to which the browser has access.

5.0 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 1.4% · top 27.7% CWE-538 · CWE-538CWE-200 · Information exposure
5.0CVSS 2.0 base score
1.4%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
4References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

The BWOCXRUN.BwocxrunCtrl.1 control contains a method named OpenUrlToBufferTimeout. This method takes a URL as a parameter and returns its contents to the caller in JavaScript. The URLs are accessed in the security context of the current browser session. The control does not perform any URL validation and allows file:// URLs that access the local disk. The method can be used to open a URL (including file URLs) and read the URLs through JavaScript. This method could also be used to reach any arbitrary URL to which the browser has access.

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

Affected products

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

References

LinkTags
http://webaccess.advantech.com/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66740
https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-14-079-03
http://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-14-079-03 US Government Resource

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2014-0772), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.