CVE-2015-2838 Cross-site request forgery in n/a
Remote attackers can hijack administrator sessions to execute arbitrary commands as root via CSRF in Citrix NetScaler.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2015-2838?
CVE-2015-2838 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 3 Apr 2015. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-352
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-2838?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Citrix Netscaler.
How do I fix CVE-2015-2838?
No fix has been published for CVE-2015-2838 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2015-2838 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-2838 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-49gh-f88v-9xqf.