CVE-2014-9605

WebUpgrade in Netsweeper before 3.1.10, 4.0.x before 4.0.9, and 4.1.x before 4.1.2 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and create a system backup tarball, restart the server, or stop the filters on the server via a ' (single quote) character in the login and password parameters to webupgrade/webupgrade.php. NOTE: this was originally reported as an SQL injection vulnerability, but this may be inaccurate.

CVSS v2.0 9.4 HIGH

9.4^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

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

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 9.2

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
https://helpdesk.netsweeper.com/docs/3.1/release_notes/netsweeper_releasenotes/3_1_10_0_release_notes/3.1.10_release_notes.htm	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://helpdesk.netsweeper.com/docs/4.0/release_notes/netsweeper_releasenotes/4_0_9_release_notes/4.0.9_release_notes.htm	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://helpdesk.netsweeper.com/docs/4.1/release_notes/netsweeper_releasenotes/4_1_release_notes/4_1_2_release_notes/4.1.2_release_notes.htm	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37928/	Exploit
https://helpdesk.netsweeper.com/docs/3.1/release_notes/netsweeper_releasenotes/3_1_10_0_release_notes/3.1.10_release_notes.htm	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://helpdesk.netsweeper.com/docs/4.0/release_notes/netsweeper_releasenotes/4_0_9_release_notes/4.0.9_release_notes.htm	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://helpdesk.netsweeper.com/docs/4.1/release_notes/netsweeper_releasenotes/4_1_release_notes/4_1_2_release_notes/4.1.2_release_notes.htm	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37928/	Exploit

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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History

No history.

Information

Published : 2015-09-04 15:59

Updated : 2025-04-12 10:46

NVD link : CVE-2014-9605

Mitre link : CVE-2014-9605

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2014-9605

JSON object : View

Products Affected

netsweeper

netsweeper

CWE

CWE-287

Improper Authentication

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