{"id":"CVE-2018-6186","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-6186","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T00:37:28.468Z","title":"Citrix NetScaler VPX through NS12.0 53.13.nc allows an SSRF attack via the /rapi/read_url URI by an authenticated attacker who has a webapp account.","description":"Citrix NetScaler VPX through NS12.0 53.13.nc allows an SSRF attack via the /rapi/read_url URI by an authenticated attacker who has a webapp account. The attacker can gain access to the nsroot account, and execute remote commands with root privileges.","published":"2018-02-01T14:29:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:01:29.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-918"],"affected":["citrix/netscaler"],"epss":{"score":0.03079,"percentile":0.87607,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.08%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102915","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040440","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://gist.github.com/buxu/04ce809eb8b32ef57e232eab5e61f023","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX232161","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102915","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040440","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://gist.github.com/buxu/04ce809eb8b32ef57e232eab5e61f023","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX232161","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6186","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}