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critical 9.4

CVE-2014-9605 json

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 cre…

published 2015-09-04 11 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2014-9418

cvss
9.4
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.9%
EPSS 3.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 90%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • netsweeper netsweeper 3.1.10, 4.0.9, 4.1.2

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-37928)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

3.94% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-37928 Netsweeper 4.0.8 - SQL Injection / Authentication Bypass webapps, 2015-08-21

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 9.4 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:C

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.