CVE-2015-2838 EXPLOIT
6.8
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 2.9% (pctl 86)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Nitro API in Citrix NetScaler before 10.5 build 52.3nc allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that execute arbitrary commands as nsroot via shell metacharacters in the file_name JSON member in params/xen_hotfix/0 to nitro/v1/config/xen_hotfix.
Scoring
| CVSS | 6.8 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 2.86% — more likely to be exploited than 86% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-352 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2015-04-03 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| citrix | netscaler |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Citrix Nitro SDK - Command Injection | 2015-03-19 |
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130937/Citrix-NITRO-SDK-Command-Injection.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Mar/129
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534936/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73358
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36442/
- https://www.securify.nl/advisory/SFY20140806/command_injection_vulnerability_in_citrix_nitro_sdk_xen_hotfix_page.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130937/Citrix-NITRO-SDK-Command-Injection.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Mar/129
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534936/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73358
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36442/
- https://www.securify.nl/advisory/SFY20140806/command_injection_vulnerability_in_citrix_nitro_sdk_xen_hotfix_page.html
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