Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-5492

Medium

Published: 10 July 2024

Published
10 July 2024
Modified
25 July 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v4 5.1 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
EPSS Score 0.0295 86.8th percentile
Risk Priority 12 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-5492 is a medium-severity Open Redirect (CWE-601) vulnerability in Citrix Netscaler Application Delivery Controller. Its CVSS base score is 5.1 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked in the top 13.2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Open redirect vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to redirect users to arbitrary websites in NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway

CWE(s)
CWE-601

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

citrix
netscaler application delivery controller
12.1 — 12.1-55.304 · 12.1 — 12.1-55.304 · 12.1 — 13.0-92.31
citrix
netscaler gateway
12.1 — 13.0-92.31 · 13.1 — 13.1-53.17 · 14.1 — 14.1-25.53

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.

AT-2 Literacy Training and Awareness
addresses: CWE-601

Security awareness includes verifying URLs and avoiding untrusted redirects that lead to malicious sites.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-601

Validates redirect targets and URLs to ensure they conform to allowed destinations.

References