CVE-2014-9617 is an open redirect vulnerability in Netsweeper versions prior to 4.0.5, specifically within the remotereporter/load_logfiles.php component. An attacker can exploit this by manipulating the 'url' parameter to redirect users to arbitrary malicious websites, facilitating phishing attacks. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) requires user interaction (UI:R) but can be exploited remotely (AV:N), potentially leading to information disclosure and integrity impacts (C:L/I:L). While there is no evidence of active exploitation or Metasploit modules, Nuclei templates exist for detecting this flaw, and it has not garnered significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 4.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:netsweeper:netsweeper:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.