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 NVD

9.4 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:C

EPSS

3.94% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 90th percentile

Published

2015-09-04

Updated

2024-08-06

ExploitDB entries (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37928

Security advisories

• https://helpdesk.netsweeper.com/docs/3.1/release_notes/netsweeper_releasenotes/3_1_10_0_r…
• https://helpdesk.netsweeper.com/docs/4.0/release_notes/netsweeper_releasenotes/4_0_9_rele…
• https://helpdesk.netsweeper.com/docs/4.1/release_notes/netsweeper_releasenotes/4_1_releas…

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry