Cross-site scripting in Citrix NetScaler Gateway - CVE-2018-18517
Published: November 3, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU15704
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-18517
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
Affected software
Citrix NetScaler Gateway
How to mitigate CVE-2018-18517
Install updates from vendor's website.
Citrix NetScaler Gateway - addressed in versions 10.5.69.3, 11.1.59.10, 12.0.58.18, 12.1.49.23