CVE-2017-6316 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is in the KEV database since March 25, 2022.

The EPSS score is 0.88432.

Exploitation active

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Citrix	Netscaler Sd-wan

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99943
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039019
https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX225990
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42345/
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42346/

History

Tue, 04 Feb 2025 21:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		kev `{'dateAdded': '2022-03-25'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'active', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-07-20T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-07-30T01:46:25.162Z

Reserved: 2017-02-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-6316

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-05T15:25:48.978Z

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-07-20T04:29:00.423

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-6316

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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