CVE-2014-9609

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 12.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2020-02-19 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in webadmin/reporter/view_server_log.php 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 list directory contents via a .. (dot dot) in the log parameter in a stats action.

Affected products

Netsweeper: before 3.1.10; from 4.0.0 before 4.0.9; from 4.1.0 before 4.1.2 — fixed in 3.1.10, 4.0.9, 4.1.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Netsweeper 3.1.10, 4.0.9, 4.1.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133034/Netsweeper-Bypass-XSS-Redirection-SQL-Injection-Execution.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133034/Netsweeper-Bypass-XSS-Redirection-SQL-Injection-Execution.html

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