PT-2016-6184 · Citrix · Citrix Netscaler Gateway

Published 2016-06-01 · Updated 2018-10-09 · CVE-2016-4945

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.1

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Citrix NetScaler Gateway versions prior to 11.0 Build 66.11

Description A cross-site scripting (XSS) issue allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the NSC TMAC cookie. This occurs in the vpn/js/gateway login form view.js file.

Recommendations For versions prior to 11.0 Build 66.11, update to Build 66.11 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the gateway login form view.js file until a patch is applied. Avoid using the NSC TMAC cookie in sensitive operations until the issue is resolved.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-4945

Affected Products

Citrix Netscaler Gateway

References · 7

• http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX213313 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-4945 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4945 · Security Note
• http://persicon.com/tl_files/advisories/PERSICON-advisory-2016-No-1-citrix.txt · Note
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137221/Citrix-Netscaler-11.0-Build-64.35-Cross-Site-Scripting.html · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/538515/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1036020 · Note