Authentication Bypass and Server Manipulation in Netsweeper WebUpgrade

CVE-2014-9605 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:C/I:N/A:C

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.

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