THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2014-9605
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2014-9605

Netsweeper vulnerability

CVSS
9.4
EPSS
3.9%
EPSS pct
89th
Exploited
No known
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.
Affected vendor
Netsweeper
Affected product
Netsweeper
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-287 — Improper Authentication
Published
2015-09-04

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.9% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 89% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2014-9605

  • Confirm whether Netsweeper Netsweeper is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2014-9605.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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