CVE-2014-9605

Exp

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.

Published: 2015-09-04 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-9605 is rated High Exploit Risk (86.2/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 8.69%, 92th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.36% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2014-9605

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
37928 exploit_db edb 2015-08-21 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-9605

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-06-14 7.32% 8.69% +1.36%
2 2025-03-30 11.26% 7.32% -3.94%
3 2025-03-29 — 11.26% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-9605

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.4 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 10.0 9.2 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-9605

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-9605

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
netsweeper netsweeper >= 3.1.0, < 3.1.10 cpe:2.3:a:netsweeper:netsweeper:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netsweeper netsweeper >= 4.0.0, < 4.0.9 cpe:2.3:a:netsweeper:netsweeper:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netsweeper netsweeper >= 4.1.0, < 4.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:netsweeper:netsweeper:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-9605

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