CVE-2014-9605

critical
Published 2015-09-04 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
9.4
VIR risk
9.4

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — 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

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://helpdesk.netsweeper.com/docs/4.0/release_notes/netsweeper_releasenotes/4_0_9_release_notes/4.0.9_release_notes.htm

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://helpdesk.netsweeper.com/docs/3.1/release_notes/netsweeper_releasenotes/3_1_10_0_release_notes/3.1.10_release_notes.htm

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
netsweepernetsweeper{"startIncluding":"3.1.0","endExcluding":"3.1.10"}3.1.10

References

CWEs

CWE-287

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.