Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 3, 2015· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2015-2838
CVE-2015-2838
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 products
2cpe:2.3:a:citrix:netscaler:10.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:citrix:netscaler:10.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <10.5 build 52.3nc
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
6- packetstormsecurity.com/files/130937/Citrix-NITRO-SDK-Command-Injection.htmlnvdExploit
- www.securify.nl/advisory/SFY20140806/command_injection_vulnerability_in_citrix_nitro_sdk_xen_hotfix_page.htmlnvdExploit
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Mar/129nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534936/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/73358nvd
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36442/nvd
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