CVE-2015-2838
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CVE-2015-2838 is a vulnerability of currently unknown severity. 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.. EPSS estimates a 2.88% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
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.
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Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Citrix | Netscaler | 10.5 |
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