CVE-2015-2839

medium

Description

The 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.

References

https://www.securify.nl/advisory/SFY20140805/citrix_nitro_sdk_xen_hotfix_page_is_vulnerable_to_cross_site_scripting.html

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2015-2927

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73311

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534935/100/0/threaded

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Mar/128

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130931/Citrix-NITRO-SDK-xen_hotfix-Cross-Site-Scripting.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2015-04-03

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.01987