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

EPSS: 0.080 (94.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Netsweeper
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

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.