Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
This is a low-severity credential exposure issue in Schneider Electric Wonderware Information Server Portal. A person with local access to an affected server may read a credential file protected with weak encryption and recover sensitive information. It is not described as a remote compromise path.
Executive priority
Treat as low urgency unless affected systems remain in production with many local users. Prioritize remediation during normal maintenance, with faster action for shared OT, engineering, or administrative hosts.
Technical view
CVE-2014-2381 affects Wonderware Information Server Portal 4.0 SP1, 4.5, 5.0, and 5.5. The issue is inadequate encryption strength for stored credentials, mapped to CWE-326. The CVSS v2 vector is local, low complexity, no authentication, partial confidentiality impact only.
Likely exposure
Exposure is limited to environments still running the listed Wonderware Information Server Portal versions, especially where local server access is broadly granted or poorly monitored.
Exploitation context
The provided sources do not report active exploitation, and the CVE is not in CISA KEV. Exploitation requires local access and reading a credential file; no remote exploit path is cited.
Researcher notes
Evidence is limited to the CVE and CISA advisory metadata in the provided bundle. No exploit code, active exploitation, patch level, or detailed vendor remediation text was provided here.
Mitigation direction
- Confirm whether any affected WIS Portal versions remain deployed.
- Review Schneider Electric and CISA guidance before selecting a fix.
- Restrict local interactive and file-system access on affected servers.
- Rotate potentially exposed credentials after vendor-approved remediation.
- Monitor privileged local access to WIS Portal servers.
Validation and detection
- Inventory WIS Portal installations and record exact versions.
- Verify whether versions match 4.0 SP1, 4.5, 5.0, or 5.5.
- Review local user and administrator access to affected hosts.
- Check whether credential exposure was possible before remediation.
- Document compensating controls if remediation cannot be immediate.
Public sources used
Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.
Conservative CVE-to-ATT&CK context
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ATT&CK lookup starting points
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CWE-326: Exact CWE lookup
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Open ATT&CK lookupCredential and access behavior lookup
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Low
- CVSS
- 2.1 (2.0)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5
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CVSS vector scores
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AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N3.92.9Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 2.0 score
2.1LowVector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-14-238-02CVE reference
- https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF/blob/develop/csaf_files/OT/white/2014/icsa-14-238-02.jsonCVE reference
- https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-14-238-02CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
Products and packages named in the record
CWE details
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Inadequate Encryption Strength
Inadequate Encryption Strength represents a recurring weakness pattern that can create exploitable paths when design, validation, or implementation controls are missing.