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CVE-2019-19781

99
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-19781 is a critical directory traversal vulnerability affecting Citrix Application Delivery Controller (ADC) and Citrix Gateway versions 10.5 through 13.0. Rated with a CVSS score of 9.8, this flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable systems via network access without requiring user interaction. The vulnerability is actively exploited in the wild, currently listed in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog with links to ransomware campaigns, and functional exploit code is widely available in public frameworks like Metasploit.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
10.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:citrix:application_delivery_controller_firmware:10.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
11.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:citrix:application_delivery_controller_firmware:11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:citrix:application_delivery_controller_firmware:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:citrix:application_delivery_controller_firmware:12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
13.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:citrix:application_delivery_controller_firmware:13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
100.00%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
100.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Added to KEV · Nov 3, 2021
Metasploit: Citrix ADC (NetScaler) Directory Traversal RCE · Dec 17, 2019
Nuclei: CVE-2019-19781 · Apr 6, 2020
ExploitDB: EDB-47930 · Jan 16, 2020
This CVE's current EPSS score of 1.0000 is in the 100th percentile among its peer group of 36,862 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

citrixvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

cisa.gov / known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
US Government Resource
packetstormsecurity.com / files/155904/Citrix-Application-Delivery-Controller-Gateway-Remote-Code-Execution.html
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
packetstormsecurity.com / files/155905/Citrix-Application-Delivery-Controller-Gateway-Remote-Code-Execution-Traversal.html
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
packetstormsecurity.com / files/155930/Citrix-Application-Delivery-Controller-Gateway-10.5-Remote-Code-Execution.html
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
packetstormsecurity.com / files/155947/Citrix-ADC-NetScaler-Directory-Traversal-Remote-Code-Execution.html
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
packetstormsecurity.com / files/155972/Citrix-ADC-Gateway-Path-Traversal.html
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
badpackets.net / over-25000-citrix-netscaler-endpoints-vulnerable-to-cve-2019-19781
Broken LinkThird Party Advisory
forms.gle / eDf3DXZAv96oosfj6
Third Party Advisory
support.citrix.com / article/CTX267027
Vendor Advisory
twitter.com / bad_packets/status/1215431625766424576
Broken LinkThird Party Advisory
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/619785
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource