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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.

Published

2017-07-20T04:29:00.423

Last Modified

2025-10-22T00:16:07.533

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 9.8 (CRITICAL)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	citrix	netscaler_sd-wan	≤ 9.1.2.26.561201	Yes

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99943 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039019 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX225990 Permissions Required ([email protected])
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42345/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42346/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99943 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039019 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX225990 Permissions Required (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42345/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42346/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2017-6316 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)