CVE-2018-5314

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2018-03-01 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-287

Description

Command injection vulnerability in Citrix NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway 11.0 before build 70.16, 11.1 before build 55.13, and 12.0 before build 53.13; and the NetScaler Load Balancing instance distributed with NetScaler SD-WAN/CloudBridge 4000, 4100, 5000 and 5100 WAN Optimization Edition 9.3.0 allows remote attackers to execute a system command or read arbitrary files via an SSH login prompt.

Affected products

Citrix NetScaler ADC: 11.0, 11.1, 12.0 (and their updates)
Citrix NetScaler Gateway: 11.0, 11.1, 12.0 (and their updates)
Citrix Netscaler Sd-Wan: 9.3.0 (and their updates)

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103186
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040439
https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX232199
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103186
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040439
https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX232199

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