CVE-2020-8193
Improper access control in Citrix ADC and Citrix Gateway versions before 13.0-58.30, 12.1-57.18,...
Improper access control in Citrix ADC and Citrix Gateway versions before 13.0-58.30, 12.1-57.18, 12.0-63.21, 11.1-64.14 and 10.5-70.18 and Citrix SDWAN WAN-OP versions before 11.1.1a, 11.0.3d and 10.2.7 allows unauthenticated access to certain URL endpoints.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Improper access control in Citrix ADC and Citrix Gateway versions before 13.0-58.30, 12.1-57.18, 12.0-63.21, 11.1-64.14 and 10.5-70.18 and Citrix SDWAN WAN-OP versions before 11.1.1a, 11.0.3d and 10.2.7 allows unauthenticated access to certain URL endpoints.
- Record
CVE-2020-8193- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-284, CWE-287
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List
Improper access control in Citrix ADC and Citrix Gateway versions before 13.0-58.30, 12.1-57.18, 12.0-63.21, 11.1-64.14 and 10.5-70.18 and Citrix SDWAN WAN-OP versions before 11.1.1a, 11.0.3d and 10.2.7 allows unauthenticated access to certain URL endpoints.
- Record
CVE-2020-8193- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-29070
Improper access control in Citrix ADC and Citrix Gateway versions before 13.0-58.30, 12.1-57.18, 12.0-63.21, 11.1-64.14 and 10.5-70.18 and Citrix SDWAN WAN-OP versions before 11.1.1a, 11.0.3d and 10.2.7 allows unauthenticated access to certain URL endpoints.
- Record
EUVD-2020-29070- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-wrxp-682m-vm9p
Improper access control in Citrix ADC and Citrix Gateway versions before 13.0-58.30, 12.1-57.18,...
Improper access control in Citrix ADC and Citrix Gateway versions before 13.0-58.30, 12.1-57.18, 12.0-63.21, 11.1-64.14 and 10.5-70.18 and Citrix SDWAN WAN-OP versions before 11.1.1a, 11.0.3d and 10.2.7 allows unauthenticated access to certain URL endpoints.
- Record
GHSA-wrxp-682m-vm9p- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-284, CWE-287, CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CISA KEV No score
Citrix ADC, Gateway, and SD-WAN WANOP Appliance Authorization Bypass Vulnerability
Citrix ADC, Citrix Gateway, and multiple Citrix SD-WAN WANOP appliance models contain an authorization bypass vulnerability that may allow unauthenticated access to certain URL endpoints. The attacker must have access to the NetScaler IP (NSIP) in order to perform exploitation.
- Record
CVE-2020-8193- Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| PoC in GitHub | jas502n/CVE-2020-8193 | 2020-07-10 |
| PoC in GitHub | Airboi/Citrix-ADC-RCE-CVE-2020-8193 | 2020-07-12 |
| PoC in GitHub | Zeop-CyberSec/citrix_adc_netscaler_lfi | 2020-07-12 |
| PoC in GitHub | PR3R00T/CVE-2020-8193-Citrix-Scanner | 2020-07-13 |
| PoC in GitHub | ctlyz123/CVE-2020-8193 | 2020-07-15 |
| Nuclei | Citrix - Local File Inclusion |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| exploitation, exploits | ||
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, CISA KEV, Nuclei, NVD, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-8193 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Citrix Application Delivery Controller (adc), Gateway, And Sd-wan Wanop Appliance, published July 10, 2020. CISA lists it as known to be exploited, since November 3, 2021. EUVD reports exploitation since November 3, 2021. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 88.3%, the 99th percentile. No source names a fixed version.