TI-2015-02503 Aliases CVE-2015-2838 GHSA-49gh-f88v-9xqf

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Nitro API in Citrix NetScaler before…

LOW 35CWE-352Published 2015-04-03 · Updated 2024-08-06

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity: Medium
Impact type: Tampering
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Partial · Partial · Partial
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-352.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02859 86th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 3 exploit referencesTagged by the CNA and NVD

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:citrix:netscaler:10.5:::::::*	10.5	Vulnerable	Citrix

cpe:2.3:a:citrix:netscaler:10.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.5 Vulnerable ·Citrix

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2015-2838
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-49gh-f88v-9xqf

References

Exploit 3

Other 1

20150319 Command injection vulnerability in Citrix NITRO SDK xen_hotfix page

TI-2016-01902 Citrix NetScaler Application Delivery Controller (ADC) and NetScaler Gateway 11.x before… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2018-04544 Citrix NetScaler VPX through NS12.0 53.13.nc allows an SSRF attack via the /rapi/read_url… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
TI-2015-02506 Citrix NetScaler AppFirewall, as used in NetScaler 10.5, allows remote attackers to… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
TI-2016-01903 The Administrative Web Interface in Citrix NetScaler Application Delivery Controller… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.1
TI-2007-05771 Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in ws/generic_api_call.pl in Citrix NetScaler… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.3
TI-2007-05908 The web management interface in Citrix NetScaler 8.0 build 47.8 stores the device's… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0

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Sources

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