CVE-2023-24488
Published: 10 July 2023
Summary
CVE-2023-24488 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Citrix Application Delivery Controller. Its CVSS base score is 6.1 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 0.3% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
CVE-2023-24488 is a cross-site scripting vulnerability, tracked under CWE-79, that affects Citrix ADC and Citrix Gateway. The flaw received a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.1 and was publicly disclosed on 10 July 2023.
An unauthenticated attacker can exploit the issue over the network by supplying a crafted request that triggers script execution in a victim’s browser. Successful exploitation requires user interaction, produces changed scope, and yields limited impacts to confidentiality and integrity.
Citrix has published security bulletin CTX477714 that covers both CVE-2023-24488 and the related CVE-2023-24487, directing customers to the available patches and configuration guidance. The EPSS score for this CVE currently stands at 0.9136.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-28506
Vulnerability details
Cross site scripting vulnerability in Citrix ADC and Citrix Gateway in allows and attacker to perform cross site scripting
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.
Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.
Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.