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CVE-2015-2840

Status: ModifiedMedium (4.3)—

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in help/rt/large_search.html in Citrix NetScaler before 10.5 build 52.3nc allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the searchQuery parameter.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Citrix — Netscaler

CWEs

References

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