SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2014-9618

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.

EXPLOITCRITICAL 9.8EPSS 72.7%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 72.7%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

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.

CVSS 3.0
9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
72.70% probability · 99th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · first 21 August 2015
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-287
Affected
netsweeper/netsweeper
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%38%75%21 September 2026: 49.07%22 September 2026: 72.70%4 November 2026: 72.70%21 September 20264 November 2026

EPSS moved from 49.1% on 21 September 2026 to 72.7% on 4 November 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.

Public exploits (1)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-37933source ↗Netsweeper 4.0.8 - Authentication Bypass (via New Profile Creation)php · Anastasios Monachoswebapps21 August 2015no

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.