CVE-2017-6316

Citrix NetScaler SD-WAN devices through v9.1.2.26.561201 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary shell commands as root via a CGISESSID cookie. On CloudBridge (the former name of NetScaler SD-WAN) devices, the cookie name was CAKEPHP rather than CGISESSID.

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 10.0 HIGH

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

10.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99943	Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039019	Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX225990	Permissions Required
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42345/	Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42346/	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99943	Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039019	Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX225990	Permissions Required
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42345/	Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42346/	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:citrix:netscaler_sd-wan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

14 Mar 2025, 15:16

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX225990 - Broken Link~~	() https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX225990 - Permissions Required

Information

Published : 2017-07-20 04:29

Updated : 2025-04-20 01:37

NVD link : CVE-2017-6316

Mitre link : CVE-2017-6316

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-6316

JSON object : View

Products Affected

citrix

netscaler_sd-wan

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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