CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-6316
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
Citrix Multiple Products Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Citrix NetScaler SD-WAN Enterprise, CloudBridge Virtual WAN, and XenMobile Server
A vulnerability has been identified in the management interface of Citrix NetScaler SD-WAN Enterprise and Standard Edition and Citrix CloudBridge Virtual WAN Edition that could result in an unauthenticated, remote attacker being able to execute arbitrary code as a root user. This vulnerability also affects XenMobile Server.
- Added to KEV
- 2022-03-25
- Remediation due
- 2022-04-15
- Ransomware use
- Unknown
- Required action
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.
- Notes
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6316
- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2017-07-20
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 10.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• citrix netscaler sd-wan (<= 9.1.2.26.561201)
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99943 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039019 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX225990 Permissions Required
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42345/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42346/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99943 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039019 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX225990 Permissions Required
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42345/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42346/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2017-6316 US Government Resource