CVE-2015-2838
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
6.8
VIR risk
6.8
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
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Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| citrix | netscaler | 10.5 | |
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
CWEs
CWE-352
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.