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CVE-2010-4566· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

The web authentication form in the NT4 authentication component in Citrix Access Gateway Enterprise Edition 9.2-49.8 and earlier, and the NT

The web authentication form in the NT4 authentication component in Citrix Access Gateway Enterprise Edition 9.2-49.8 and earlier, and the NTLM authentication component in Access Gateway Standard and Advanced Editions before Access Gateway 5.0, allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the password field.

CriticalCVSS 9.3 · v2.0—Weaponized No fix recorded

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Published
Jan 14, 2011
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
27.8% · 98th percentile
CWE
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Action score

45

Plan

Add it to your regular patch cycle.

CVSS
37 / 40 · 9.3 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
8 / 30 · 27.8%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
citrixaccess gateway

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • citrix access gateway.8.0
  • citrix access gatewayup to 9.2-49.8 inclusive
  • citrix access gateway4.5
  • citrix access gateway4.5.5
  • citrix access gateway4.5.6
  • citrix access gateway4.5.7
  • citrix access gateway4.6.1
  • citrix access gateway4.6.2
  • citrix access gateway4.6.3
  • citrix access gateway8.0
  • citrix access gateway8.1-69.4
  • citrix access gateway9.0.71.3
  • citrix access gateway9.1-104.5

Same product

citrix: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2011-2882Stack-based buffer overflow in the NSEPA.NsepaCtrl.1 ActiveX control in nsepa.ocx in Citrix Access Gateway Enterprise Edition 8.1 before 8.1
    54Plan
  • CVE-2008-2528Unspecified vulnerability in Citrix Access Gateway Standard Edition 4.5.7 and earlier and Advanced Edition 4.5 HF2 and earlier allows attack
    41Plan
  • CVE-2007-4013Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in (1) Net6Helper.DLL (aka Net6Launcher Class) 4.5.2 and earlier, (2) npCtxCAO.dll (aka Citrix Endpoint
    38Monitor
  • CVE-2011-2883The NSEPA.NsepaCtrl.1 ActiveX control in nsepa.ocx in Citrix Access Gateway Enterprise Edition 8.1 before 8.1-67.7, 9.0 before 9.0-70.5, and
    37Monitor
  • CVE-2007-4017Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the web-based administration console in Citrix Access Gateway before firmware 4.5.5 allow
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2007-4016Unspecified vulnerability in the client components in Citrix Access Gateway Standard Edition before 4.5.5 and Advanced Edition before 4.5 HF
    28Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

Weaponized

A ready exploit tool or active in-the-wild use is known for this vulnerability. This should be your top priority.

Evidence

  • Metasploit module ×1
  • Exploit-DB entry ×2

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Public exploit evidence
SourceKindDate
Exploit-DB entryremote2011-03-03
Exploit-DB entryremote2010-12-22
Metasploit moduleexploit/unix/webapp/citrix_access_gateway_execCitrix Access Gateway Command Executionexploit2010-12-21

Research context

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Timeline

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  1. Metasploit-25 d
  2. First PoC-24 d
  3. Published
  4. TodaySep 30, 2026+5738 d
EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

The product’s vendor appears in a public program. Matched by name; verify the scope text in the program.

Technical details

Attack conditions

    If successful

    Confidentiality
    C · data can be read
    Integrity
    C · data or configuration can be modified
    Availability
    C · the service can be disrupted
    Attack complexity
    M
    Confidentiality impact
    C
    Integrity impact
    C
    Availability impact
    C

    Weakness class (CWE)

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    CVSS vector

    AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

    nvd-primary

    Attack context

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    Change log

    No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

    References

    Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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