What is CVE-2014-9617?

CVE-2014-9617 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Netsweeper, classified under URL Redirection to Untrusted Site (Open Redirect). CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2020-02-19.

How severe is CVE-2014-9617?

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

Is CVE-2014-9617 known to be exploited?

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

Open Redirect in Netsweeper

CVE-2014-9617

Open redirect vulnerability in remotereporter/load_logfiles.php in Netsweeper before 4.0.5 allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and conduct phishing attacks via a URL in the url parameter.

Vulnerability class: Open Redirect

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: 0.080 (94.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 95th percentile — 94.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.080 · newest: 0.080 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Netsweeper

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-601 — URL Redirection to Untrusted Site (Open Redirect)

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-2014-9617?: CVE-2014-9617 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Netsweeper, classified under URL Redirection to Untrusted Site (Open Redirect). CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2020-02-19.
How severe is CVE-2014-9617?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2014-9617 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.