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CVE-2015-2838
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Nitro API in Citrix NetScaler before 10.5 build 52.3nc allows remote attackers to…
Medium6.8EPSS 2.9%
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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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.9% · top 13% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Weakness
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References (6)
- 36442 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- https://www.securify.nl/advisory/SFY20140806/command_injection_vulnerability_in_citrix_nitro_sdk_xen_hotfix_page.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130937/Citrix-NITRO-SDK-Command-Injection.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20150319 Command injection vulnerability in Citrix NITRO SDK xen_hotfix page (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 73358 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20150319 Command injection vulnerability in Citrix NITRO SDK xen_hotfix page (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
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