No exploitation reported

CVE-2014-5414

Q: Is CVE-2014-5414 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2014-5414 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 4.8% on 2026-10-22, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Q: What is the CVSS score for CVE-2014-5414?

CVE-2014-5414 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.1 (CRITICAL severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

No exploitation reported by the sources we read.

Published2016-10-05
WeaknessCWE-254 · CWE-307

Am I affected?

With a domain, we read the version its public headers and pages expose. A distribution build can carry the fix under an older number.

Description

Beckhoff Embedded PC images before 2014-10-22 and Automation Device Specification (ADS) TwinCAT components do not restrict the number of authentication attempts, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access via a brute-force attack.

Timeline

dates in UTC

2016-10-0510:59CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 18:48 UTC

Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days

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Versions per branch

NVD

Beckhoff embedded pc images

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
—	all versions	no fix published	NVD

Beckhoff twincat

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
—	all versions	no fix published	NVD

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Distribution builds and vendor advisories

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Vendor advisories

ICSA-16-278-02 CISA2 known affected
Beckhoff Embedded PC Images and TwinCAT Components Vulnerabilities
Beckhoff Beckhoff Embedded PC Images: <October-22-2014 · Beckhoff TwinCAT Components featuring Automation Device Specification (ADS) communication: vers:all/*

Full record on NVD

Fix

Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-16-278-02 · 2 productsBeckhoff recommends in their IPC Security Manual (https://download.beckhoff.com/download/Document/ipc/industrial-pc/ipc_security_en.pdf) to use network and software firewalls to block all network ports except the ones that are needed. Beckhoff also recommends that default passwords be changed durin…
Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-16-278-02 · 2 productsIn their advisories: Advisory 2014-001, Advisory 2014-001: Potential misuse of several administrative services, (https://download.beckhoff.com/download/document/product-security/Advisories/advisory-2014-001.pdf),
Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-16-278-02 · 2 productsAdvisory 2014-002, Advisory 2014-002: ADS communication port allows password bruteforce, (https://download.beckhoff.com/download/document/product-security/Advisories/advisory-2014-002.pdf),
Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-16-278-02 · 2 productsAdvisory 2014-003, Advisory2014-003: Recommendation to change default passwords, (https://download.beckhoff.com/download/document/product-security/Advisories/advisory-2014-003.pdf)
Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-16-278-02 · 2 productswhich were published November 17, 2014 for these issues.
Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-16-278-02 · 2 productsBeckhoff also recommends the following mitigation solutions: Update images to build October 22, 2014, or newer, which solve these problems by disabling the services by default. Disable the Windows CE Remote Configuration Tool by deleting the subtree “/remoteadmin.” The configuration of the web serv…

Detection

Nuclei template: none so far
Exploit-DB: no entry
Proof-of-concept repositories: none listed

Sources

CNACVSS 3.19.1read 2026-10-23
NVDCVSS 3.09.1read 2026-10-23
NVDCVSS 2.09.4read 2026-10-23
CNAweakness (CWE)CWE-307read 2026-10-23
NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-254read 2026-10-23
FIRST EPSSEPSS score4.8 %2026-10-22

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Published: 2016-10-05
Last Modified: 2026-06-17
NVD status: Modified

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-5414?

Is CVE-2014-5414 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2014-5414 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 4.8% on 2026-10-22, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2014-5414?

CVE-2014-5414 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.1 (CRITICAL severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

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