{
    "id": "CVE-2014-9605",
    "published": "2015-09-04 15:59:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 00:18:37",
    "cvss_score": "9.4",
    "cvss_severity": "HIGH",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:C",
    "cwe": "CWE-287",
    "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.03935",
    "epss_percentile": "0.90099",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-07 18:17:12",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "netsweeper",
            "product": "netsweeper"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "37928",
            "title": "Netsweeper 4.0.8 - SQL Injection / Authentication Bypass",
            "date": "2015-08-21",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37928"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "https://helpdesk.netsweeper.com/docs/3.1/release_notes/netsweeper_releasenotes/3_1_10_0_release_notes/3.1.10_release_notes.htm",
        "https://helpdesk.netsweeper.com/docs/4.0/release_notes/netsweeper_releasenotes/4_0_9_release_notes/4.0.9_release_notes.htm",
        "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",
        "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37928/",
        "https://helpdesk.netsweeper.com/docs/3.1/release_notes/netsweeper_releasenotes/3_1_10_0_release_notes/3.1.10_release_notes.htm",
        "https://helpdesk.netsweeper.com/docs/4.0/release_notes/netsweeper_releasenotes/4_0_9_release_notes/4.0.9_release_notes.htm",
        "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",
        "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37928/"
    ]
}