THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2024-12284
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2024-12284

Netscaler Agent vulnerability

CVSS
8.8
EPSS
12.0%
EPSS pct
96th
Exploited
No known
Authenticated privilege escalation in NetScaler Console and NetScaler Agent allows.
Affected vendor
Citrix
Affected product
Netscaler Agent
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management
Published
2025-02-20

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring low privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 12.0% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2024-12284

  • Confirm whether Citrix Netscaler Agent is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2024-12284.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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