CVE-2020-8197 is a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Citrix ADC and Gateway versions before 13.0-58.30, 12.1-57.18, 12.0-63.21, 11.1-64.14, and 10.5-70.18. This flaw allows a low-privileged user with management access to execute arbitrary commands, posing a significant risk to the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of affected systems. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), it has a network attack vector and low attack complexity. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the cybersecurity landscape.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 10.5, < 10.5-70.18CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:citrix:application_delivery_controller_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 11.1, < 11.1-64.14CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:citrix:application_delivery_controller_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 12.0, < 12.0-63.21CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:citrix:application_delivery_controller_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 12.1, < 12.1-57.18CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:citrix:application_delivery_controller_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 13.0, < 13.0-58.30CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:citrix:application_delivery_controller_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.