CVE-2015-2838

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Nitro API in Citrix NetScaler before 10.5...

6.8 MediumPublic exploit

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.

Exploit likelihood

2.86%Down 7.4 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 6.8

Record: CVE-2015-2838
CVSS 2.0: 6.8 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness: CWE-352
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Record: CVE-2015-2838
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2015-2926 No score

Record: EUVD-2015-2926
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-49gh-f88v-9xqf No score

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Nitro API in Citrix NetScaler before 10.5...

Record: GHSA-49gh-f88v-9xqf
Weakness: CWE-352
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

citrix netscaler

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
Source	Link	Date
Exploit-DB	Citrix Nitro SDK - Command Injection	2015-03-19

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2015-2838 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.8) in Citrix Netscaler, published April 3, 2015. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.86%, the 86th percentile. No source names a fixed version.