Vulnerability Report

CVE-2008-0174

Title: Ge Proficy Real-Time Information Portal Auth Bypass

Auth Bypass

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2008-0174.

CWE Category CWE-312

Published Date Jan 29, 2008

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 9.8 CVSS v3.1

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

1.96%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2008-0174: GE Fanuc Proficy Real-Time Information Portal 2.6 and earlier uses HTTP Basic Authentication, which transmits usernames and passwords in base64-encoded cleartext and allows remote attackers to steal the passwords and gain privileges.

Impacted Vendors

ge 1

Reference Links

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3590 http://securitytracker.com/id?1019273 http://support.gefanuc.com/support/index?page=kbchannel&id=KB12459 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/180876 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487075/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487244/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30754 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3590 http://securitytracker.com/id?1019273 http://support.gefanuc.com/support/index?page=kbchannel&id=KB12459 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/180876 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487075/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487244/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30754

CVSS v3.1

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity CRITICAL

9.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

NONE

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

5.0

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

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

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2008-0174 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 09, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

January 29, 2008 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK

Complexity LOW

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.