CVE-2014-9610

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Published 2017-09-19 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

5.3

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

6.3

Description

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 remove IP addresses from the quarantine via the ip parameter to webadmin/user/quarantine_disable.php.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

63%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-37929 webapps php text · 1 KB

Anastasios Monachos · 2015-08-21

Netsweeper 4.0.8 - Authentication Bypass (via Disabling of IP Quarantine)

text exploit Source: Exploit-DB

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
+ Netsweeper 4.0.8 - Authentication Bypass (Disabling of IP Quarantine) +
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
Affected Product: Netsweeper
Vendor Homepage : www.netsweeper.com
Version 	: 4.0.8 (and probably other versions)
Discovered by  	: Anastasios Monachos (secuid0) - [anastasiosm (at) gmail (dot) com]
Patched      	: Yes
CVE		: CVE-2014-9610

+---------------------+
+ Product Description +
+---------------------+
Netsweeper is a software solution specialized in content filtering.

+----------------------+
+ Exploitation Details +
+----------------------+
An unauthenticated user is able to remove from quarantine any IP address on Netsweeeper 4.0.8 (and probably other versions).
URL Path: http://netsweeper/webadmin/user/quarantine_disable.php?ip=127.0.0.1

+----------+
+ Solution +
+----------+
Upgrade to latest version.

+---------------------+
+ Disclosure Timeline +
+---------------------+
24-Nov-2014: Initial Communication
03-Dec-2014: Netsweeper responded
03-Dec-2014: Shared full details to replicate the issue
10-Dec-2014: Netsweeper fixed the issue in releases 3.1.10, 4.0.9, 4.1.2
17-Dec-2014: New releases 3.1.10, 4.0.9, 4.1.2 made available to the public
18-Dec-2014: Confirm fix
17-Jan-2015: CVE assigned CVE-2014-9610
11-Aug-2015: Public disclosure

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
netsweeper	netsweeper	`{"endIncluding":"3.1.9"}`
netsweeper	netsweeper	`4.0.0`
netsweeper	netsweeper	`4.0.1`
netsweeper	netsweeper	`4.0.2`
netsweeper	netsweeper	`4.0.3`
netsweeper	netsweeper	`4.0.4`
netsweeper	netsweeper	`4.0.5`
netsweeper	netsweeper	`4.0.6`
netsweeper	netsweeper	`4.0.7`
netsweeper	netsweeper	`4.0.8`
netsweeper	netsweeper	`4.1.0`
netsweeper	netsweeper	`4.1.1`

References

CWEs

CWE-264

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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