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.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- Citrix Nitro SDK - Command Injection EDB-36442 · webapps · Mar 19, 2015
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References
- 36442 exploit
- https://www.securify.nl/advisory/SFY20140806/command_injection_vulnerability_in_citrix_nitro_sdk_xen_hotfix_page.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130937/Citrix-NITRO-SDK-Command-Injection.html
- 20150319 Command injection vulnerability in Citrix NITRO SDK xen_hotfix page mailing-list
- 73358 vdb-entry
- 20150319 Command injection vulnerability in Citrix NITRO SDK xen_hotfix page mailing-list