Netsweeper up to 4.0.10/4.1.4 Webadmin view_server_log.php log cross site scripting

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A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Netsweeper up to 4.0.10/4.1.4. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file webadmin/reporter/view_server_log.php of the component Webadmin. Executing a manipulation of the argument log can lead to cross site scripting. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2015-20130. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability was found in Netsweeper up to 4.0.10/4.1.4. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown code block of the file webadmin/reporter/view_server_log.php of the component Webadmin. The manipulation of the argument log with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. CVE summarizes:

Netsweeper before 4.0.11 and 4.1.0 before 4.1.5 contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability in webadmin/reporter/view_server_log.php that allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript by injecting malicious code through the log request parameter, which is reflected into the HTML response without output encoding. Attackers can craft a malicious URL and induce a user to request it, resulting in arbitrary JavaScript execution within the victim's browser session against the Netsweeper web administration interface. Exploitation evidence was first observed by the Shadowserver Foundation on 2023-10-19.

The advisory is available at packetstormsecurity.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2015-20130 since 10/29/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

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Upgrading to version 4.0.11 or 4.1.5 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• Netsweeper

Version

• 4.0.0
• 4.0.1
• 4.0.2
• 4.0.3
• 4.0.4
• 4.0.5
• 4.0.6
• 4.0.7
• 4.0.8
• 4.0.9
• 4.0.10
• 4.1.0
• 4.1.1
• 4.1.2
• 4.1.3
• 4.1.4

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