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CVE-2014-9605· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

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 crea

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.

CriticalCVSS 9.4 · v2.0—Proof of concept No fix recorded
Published
Sep 4, 2015
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
3.9% · 90th percentile
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Action score

38

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Low priority for now.

CVSS
37 / 40 · 9.4 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
1 / 30 · 3.9%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
netsweepernetsweeper

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • netsweeper netsweeper3.1.0 and later · before 3.1.10
  • netsweeper netsweeper4.0.0 and later · before 4.0.9
  • netsweeper netsweeper4.1.0 and later · before 4.1.2

Same product

netsweeper: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

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    67This week
  • CVE-2014-9618The Client Filter Admin portal 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 aut
    61This week
  • CVE-2014-9614The Web Panel in Netsweeper before 4.0.5 has a default password of branding for the branding account, which makes it easier for remote attac
    60This week
  • CVE-2014-9611Netsweeper before 4.0.5 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and create arbitrary accounts and policies via a request to webadmi
    43Plan
  • CVE-2012-3859Unspecified vulnerability in the WebAdmin Portal in Netsweeper has unknown impact and attack vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-201
    41Plan
  • CVE-2014-9613Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in Netsweeper before 2.6.29.10 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the (1) l
    40Plan

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

Proof of concept available

A public proof of concept or detection signature exists. Exploit knowledge is out there; don't delay patching.

Evidence

  • Exploit-DB entry ×1

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Public exploit evidence
SourceKindDate
Exploit-DB entrywebapps2015-08-21

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

  1. First PoC-14 d
  2. Published
  3. TodaySep 30, 2026+4044 d
EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
C · data can be read
Integrity
none
Availability
C · the service can be disrupted
Attack complexity
Low
Confidentiality impact
C
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
C

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-287 · Improper Authentication

CVSS vector

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

nvd-primary

Root cause

Authentication is added route by route instead of being enforced in one place. When a route added later bypasses the shared middleware, the session check never runs for it.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-287 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

ts
app.use("/admin", requireSession, adminRouter);
// Route added later skips the middlewareapp.post("/admin-api/config", updateConfig);

Fixed

ts
const admin = express.Router();admin.use(requireSession, requireRole("admin"));
admin.post("/config", updateConfig);app.use("/admin", admin);

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

Noroxi analysis

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Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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