CVE-2023-6548
Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') in NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway allows an attacker with access to NSIP,…
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- Citrix
Description
Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') in NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway allows an attacker with access to NSIP, CLIP or SNIP with management interface to perform Authenticated (low privileged) remote code execution on Management Interface.
Exploited in the wild
CISA lists this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as Citrix NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway Code Injection Vulnerability.
- Added
- 17 Jan 2024
- Fix due (US federal)
- 24 Jan 2024
- Used by ransomware
- Not known
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CitrixCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.2% · top 12% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Weakness
Affected products
Cloud Software Group · NetScaler ADC
- affected 14.1 – < 12.35
- affected 13.1 – < 51.15
- affected 13.0 – < 92.21
- affected 13.1-FIPS – < 37.176
- affected 12.1-FIPS – < 55.302
- affected 12.1-NDcPP – < 55.302
Cloud Software Group · NetScaler Gateway
- affected 14.1 – < 12.35
- affected 13.1 – < 51.15
- affected 13.0 – < 92.21
References (2)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- CISA KEV catalog (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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