CVE-2015-2839

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-2839
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-04-03 14:59:02 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe Nitro API in Citrix NetScaler before 10.5 build 52.3nc uses an incorrect Content-Type when returning an error message, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via the file_name JSON member in params/xen_hotfix/0 to nitro/v1/config/xen_hotfix.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-79 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Citrix Netscaler 10.5 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Citrix NITRO SDK xen_hotfix Cross Site Scripting ≈ Packet Storm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 packetstormsecurity.com Exploit
Securify - security advisories - Citrix NITRO SDK xen_hotfix page is vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securify.nl Exploit
Full Disclosure: Citrix NITRO SDK xen_hotfix page is vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org
Citrix Nitro SDK 'xen_hotfix' Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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