What is CVE-2014-9608?

CVE-2014-9608 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Netsweeper, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2020-02-19.

How severe is CVE-2014-9608?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2014-9608 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Netsweeper

CVE-2014-9608

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in webadmin/policy/group_table_ajax.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 inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the PATH_INFO.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2020-02-19 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.047 (91.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 91st percentile — 91.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.047 · newest: 0.047 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Netsweeper

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

packetstormsecurity.com/files/133034/Netsweeper-Bypass-XSS-Redirection-SQL-Inje… (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-9608?: CVE-2014-9608 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Netsweeper, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2020-02-19.
How severe is CVE-2014-9608?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2014-9608 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.