CVE-2014-9618

CRITICAL NUCLEI

Netsweeper <3.1.10, <4.0.9, <4.1.2 - Auth Bypass

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2014-9618. PoCs published by Anastasios Monachos. A Nuclei detection template is also available.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a writeup describing an authentication bypass vulnerability in Netsweeper 4.0.8. The exploit involves manipulating the 'action' parameter to bypass authentication and create a new profile without credentials.

Description

The Client Filter Admin portal 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 subsequently create arbitrary profiles via a showdeny action to the default URL.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP
by Anastasios Monachos · textwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37933

This is a writeup describing an authentication bypass vulnerability in Netsweeper 4.0.8. The exploit involves manipulating the 'action' parameter to bypass authentication and create a new profile without credentials.

Classification
Writeup 100%
Attack Type
Auth Bypass
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Netsweeper 4.0.8
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to the Netsweeper web admin interface
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

Nuclei Templates (1)

Netsweeper - Authentication Bypass
CRITICALby daffainfo

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37933/

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.6817
EPSS Percentile 98.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-287
Status published
Products (12)
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
... and 2 more
Published Sep 19, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026