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.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2010-4566 is rated High Exploit Risk (82.6/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 71.85%, 99th percentile). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16916 | exploit_db | edb | 2011-03-03 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| 15806 | exploit_db | edb | 2010-12-22 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025-03-30 | 75.98% | 71.85% | -4.13% |
| 2 | 2025-03-29 | 71.85% | 75.98% | +4.13% |
| 3 | 2025-03-19 | — | 71.85% | — |
Full EPSS history (10 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.3 | 2.0 | HIGH |
|
8.6 | 10.0 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| citrix | access_gateway | <= 9.2-49.8 | cpe:2.3:a:citrix:access_gateway:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*:*:* |
| citrix | access_gateway | .8.0 | cpe:2.3:a:citrix:access_gateway:.8.0:m50.3:enterprise:*:*:*:*:* |
| citrix | access_gateway | 8.0 | cpe:2.3:a:citrix:access_gateway:8.0:m48.7:enterprise:*:*:*:*:* |
| citrix | access_gateway | 8.0 | cpe:2.3:a:citrix:access_gateway:8.0:m49.2:enterprise:*:*:*:*:* |
| citrix | access_gateway | 8.0 | cpe:2.3:a:citrix:access_gateway:8.0:m59.1:enterprise:*:*:*:*:* |
| citrix | access_gateway | 8.1-69.4 | cpe:2.3:a:citrix:access_gateway:8.1-69.4:*:enterprise:*:*:*:*:* |
| citrix | access_gateway | 9.0.71.3 | cpe:2.3:a:citrix:access_gateway:9.0.71.3:*:enterprise:*:*:*:*:* |
| citrix | access_gateway | 9.1-104.5 | cpe:2.3:a:citrix:access_gateway:9.1-104.5:*:enterprise:*:*:*:*:* |
| citrix | access_gateway | 4.5 | cpe:2.3:a:citrix:access_gateway:4.5:*:advanced:*:*:*:*:* |
| citrix | access_gateway | 4.5 | cpe:2.3:a:citrix:access_gateway:4.5:*:standard:*:*:*:*:* |
| citrix | access_gateway | 4.5 | cpe:2.3:a:citrix:access_gateway:4.5:hf1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| citrix | access_gateway | 4.5 | cpe:2.3:a:citrix:access_gateway:4.5:hf1:advanced:*:*:*:*:* |
| citrix | access_gateway | 4.5.5 | cpe:2.3:a:citrix:access_gateway:4.5.5:*:standard:*:*:*:*:* |
| citrix | access_gateway | 4.5.6 | cpe:2.3:a:citrix:access_gateway:4.5.6:*:standard:*:*:*:*:* |
| citrix | access_gateway | 4.5.7 | cpe:2.3:a:citrix:access_gateway:4.5.7:*:standard:*:*:*:*:* |
| citrix | access_gateway | 4.6.1 | cpe:2.3:a:citrix:access_gateway:4.6.1:*:standard:*:*:*:*:* |
| citrix | access_gateway | 4.6.2 | cpe:2.3:a:citrix:access_gateway:4.6.2:*:standard:*:*:*:*:* |
| citrix | access_gateway | 4.6.3 | cpe:2.3:a:citrix:access_gateway:4.6.3:*:standard:*:*:*:*:* |