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Vulnerability record · CVE-2015-2838 · published 3 April 2015

CVE-2015-2838: Citrix netscaler cross-site request forgery vulnerability

Citrix · Netscaler

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.

6.8 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 2.9% · top 13.8% CWE-352 · Cross-site request forgery
6.8CVSS 2.0 base score
2.9%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
12References, 4 tagged exploit
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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.

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130937/Citrix-NITRO-SDK-Command-Injection.html Exploit
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Mar/129
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534936/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73358
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36442/
https://www.securify.nl/advisory/SFY20140806/command_injection_vulnerability_in_citrix_nitro_sdk_xen_hotfix_page.html Exploit
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130937/Citrix-NITRO-SDK-Command-Injection.html Exploit
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Mar/129
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534936/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73358
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36442/
https://www.securify.nl/advisory/SFY20140806/command_injection_vulnerability_in_citrix_nitro_sdk_xen_hotfix_page.html Exploit

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2015-2838), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-28). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.