PT-2015-5925 · Citrix · Citrix Netscaler

Cengiz Han Sahin · Published 2015-04-03 · Updated 2018-10-09 · CVE-2015-2840

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Citrix NetScaler versions prior to 10.5 build 52.3nc

Description A cross-site scripting (XSS) issue exists, allowing remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the searchQuery parameter in the "help/rt/large search.html" page.

Recommendations For versions prior to 10.5 build 52.3nc, update to version 10.5 build 52.3nc or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the "help/rt/large search.html" page to minimize the risk of exploitation. Avoid using the searchQuery parameter in the affected page until the issue is resolved.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2015-2840

Affected Products

Citrix Netscaler

References · 7

• 🔥 https://securify.nl/advisory/SFY20140807/citrix_netscaler_vpx_help_pages_are_vulnerable_to_cross_site_scripting.html · Exploit
• 🔥 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130936/Citrix-NetScaler-VPX-Cross-Site-Scripting.html · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-2840 · Security Note
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Mar/130 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/534934/100/0/threaded · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-2840 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/73342 · Note