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
Published Apr 3, 2015
6.8
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.86%
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.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 2.86% (0.02859) | 86.27th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.88% (0.02879) | 84.98th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| May 18, 2025 | 5.03% (0.05032) | 89.19th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Apr 17, 2025 | 3.97% (0.03969) | 87.74th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.16% (0.02159) | 83.11th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.00% (0.00999) | 84.28th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 17, 2024 | 0.85% (0.00849) | 82.27th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 3, 2024 | 0.70% (0.00704) | 80.20th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 27, 2023 | 0.70% (0.00704) | 78.14th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.62% (0.00622) | 75.59th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 9.26% (0.09257) | 94.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Aug 22, 2022 | 9.26% (0.09257) | 93.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 10.21% (0.10212) | 94.14th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 10.21% (0.10212) | 87.64th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (6)
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130937/Citrix-NITRO-SDK-Command-Injection.html x_refsource_MISCExploit
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Mar/129 mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534936/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73358 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36442/ exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
- https://www.securify.nl/advisory/SFY20140806/command_injection_vulnerability_in_citrix_nitro_sdk_xen_hotfix_page.html x_refsource_MISCExploit
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130937/Citrix-NITRO-SDK-Command-Injection.html | x_refsource_MISCExploit | |
| http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Mar/129 | mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534936/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73358 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36442/ | exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB | |
| https://www.securify.nl/advisory/SFY20140806/command_injection_vulnerability_in_citrix_nitro_sdk_xen_hotfix_page.html | x_refsource_MISCExploit |
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