# CVE-2024-5492: Open redirect vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to redirect users to arbitrary websites

> Remote unauthenticated attackers can redirect users to arbitrary websites in NetScaler ADC and Gateway, facilitating phishing attacks.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.1 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 10 Jul 2024
- **Updated:** 1 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wj5r-m28j-95q9

## What is CVE-2024-5492?

CVE-2024-5492 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NetSclaer NetScaler ADC, published on 10 Jul 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Open redirect vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to redirect users to arbitrary websites in NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway

Weakness: CWE-601 (URL Redirection to Untrusted Site)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-5492?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Citrix NetScaler ADC, Citrix Netscaler Gateway.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-5492?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-5492 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-5492 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-5492 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in NetSclaer NetScaler ADC

- [CVE-2023-3519](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-3519/): Citrix NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway Code Injection (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-88771](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-88771/): Citrix NetScaler Improper Input Validation (critical 9.5, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-88772](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-88772/): Citrix NetScaler Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer (critical 9.5, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2023-4966](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-4966/): Citrix NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway Buffer Overflow (critical 9.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-19490](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-19490/): Citrix NetScaler Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel (critical 9.3, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-5492 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-5492 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NetSclaer NetScaler ADC, published on 10 Jul 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-5492 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: NetSclaer NetScaler ADC. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5492/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5492/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-5492
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-5492
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-5492

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5492/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.