Actively exploited · Published Jan 17, 2024 · Assigned by Citrix

CVE-2023-6548

Medium 5.5 Exploited

In plain English

A medium-severity code injection in NetScaler ADC from Cloud Software Group. Attackers are actively exploiting it in the wild (listed by CISA on January 17, 2024). The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 3.2% (higher than 88% of all known vulnerabilities). Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)3.2%top 11.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildYesCISA KEV since Jan 17, 2024
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

CISA guidance

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Federal agencies must remediate by Jan 24, 2024.

Official description

Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') in NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway allows an attacker with access to NSIP, CLIP or SNIP with management interface to perform Authenticated (low privileged) remote code execution on Management Interface.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Cloud Software Group NetScaler ADC 14.1 – before 12.3513.1 – before 51.1513.0 – before 92.2113.1-FIPS – before 37.17612.1-FIPS – before 55.30212.1-NDcPP – before 55.302
Cloud Software Group NetScaler Gateway 14.1 – before 12.3513.1 – before 51.1513.0 – before 92.21

Weakness: CWE-94 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

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