CVE-2015-2838 is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability affecting Citrix NetScaler appliances running versions prior to 10.5 build 52.3nc. This flaw allows remote attackers to hijack administrator authentication and execute arbitrary commands as the nsroot user. The attack leverages shell metacharacters within the file_name JSON member of a specific Nitro API request. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.8, indicating a medium severity. It requires medium attack complexity and no authentication, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. The FAUCET Risk Score of 88/100 highlights its significant risk. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, an exploit for this vulnerability is publicly available on ExploitDB (EDB-36442), demonstrating command injection. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
10.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:citrix:netscaler:10.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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