CVE-2014-9614

published 2020-02-19

CVE-2014-9614: The Web Panel in Netsweeper before 4.0.5 has a default password of branding for the branding account, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain…

Priority P1 84 critical 9.8 CVSS 3.1

AV N AC L PR N UI N S U C H I H A H

EXPLOIT

The Web Panel in Netsweeper before 4.0.5 has a default password of branding for the branding account, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access via a request to webadmin/.

Affected

1 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
netsweeper	netsweeper	< 4.0.5	4.0.5

Detection & IOCs extracted from sources · hover to see the quote

url /webadmin/auth/verification.php↗

path /webadmin/↗

command login=branding&password=branding&Submit=Login↗

cookie Set-Cookie: webadminU=↗

• → Successful authentication is indicated by an HTTP 302 redirect with Location header pointing to '../common/' or '../start/' ↗
• → Successful login also sets a 'webadminU' session cookie in the response header ↗
• → Monitor POST requests to /webadmin/auth/verification.php with the default credential body 'login=branding&password=branding' ↗

• · Default credentials (username: branding, password: branding) are hardcoded for the branding account in Netsweeper Web Panel versions before 4.0.5 ↗

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.1 9.8 CRITICAL CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd v2.0 7.5 HIGH AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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