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CVE-2023-24489 · EUVD no mirror located · GCVE no mirror located Verified 2026-06-22

Citrix Content Collaboration vulnerability

Citrix Content Collaboration contains an improper access control vulnerability allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to compromise customer-managed ShareFile storage zones controllers.

Verdict

Today item — known-exploited.

An unauthenticated attacker can exploit improper access controls in Citrix Content Collaboration to gain unauthorized access to storage infrastructure, potentially leading to data exfiltration, modification, or service disruption without requiring valid credentials.

CISA KEV Yes · 2023-08-163EPSS 0.95076 (verify live)4Exploit Weaponized · public PoC5
01

Is it exploitable?

— the evidence, ranked above the score
Exploit available
Fully weaponized — public exploit code is cataloged for this vulnerability.We link the existence of the exploit; we do not host or redistribute payloads.
Reported exploitation
8 independent public reports of in-the-wild exploitation are cataloged.Distinct reporting sources (vendor, incident response, government); open them for the underlying claims.
Exploited in the wild
Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2023-08-16).
CISA KEV ↗Confirmed
Probability (EPSS)
EPSS 0.95076 — modeled likelihood of exploitation activity.EPSS is a daily-changing model output — open the source for today's value.
Severity / affected
Affected: Citrix, Content Collaboration. Confirm exact fixed builds in the vendor advisory.
NVD ↗Reported
Weakness (CWE)
Mapped to CWE-284 Improper Access Control — weakness family: Authorization / access control.CWE assignment from the public NVD record; the weakness class drives how the flaw is exploited.
NVD ↗Reported
WeaknessCWE-284 · Improper Access ControlAuthorization / access control
02

Who’s exploiting it?

— attribution turns risk into urgency
Attribution not established

No confirmed (advisory-backed) threat-actor attribution is established for this record. Absence of a named actor is not absence of compromise — see Coverage & confidence.

03

Why it matters

— the attack path, told twice: adversary, then board
1

Front door — unauthenticated access narrative 1

Attacker
I identify that the application fails to properly enforce access controls on sensitive endpoints.
Business
Attackers bypass authentication requirements entirely, eliminating the first line of defense against unauthorized access.
2

Keys to the kingdom — privilege/identity takeover narrative 2

Attacker
I send unauthenticated requests to storage zones controller interfaces to probe for and exploit the access control gap.
Business
Customer data stored in ShareFile becomes directly accessible to external threat actors without detection by normal security monitoring.
3

Lateral reach — past segmentation narrative 3

Attacker
I gain administrative or operational control over the storage infrastructure to exfiltrate, modify, or delete customer data at scale.
Business
Confidentiality, integrity, and availability of customer collaboration data are compromised, triggering breach notifications, regulatory penalties, and loss of customer trust.
04

What to do

— defensible action
  • Remediate per the vendor advisory — confirm the fixed build for your version and verify exposure.1
Say it to the boardA vulnerability with this evidence profile is a defensible budget line, not a backlog ticket — fund the change against the proof above.
05

Coverage & confidence

— what we know, and what we don’t

Established (cited)

  • KEV listing (CISA)
  • EPSS probability (FIRST)
  • Weaponized exploit available (VulnCheck)
  • 8 reported-exploitation source(s)
  • CWE weakness mapping (NVD)
  • Public exploit availability
  • Catalogued by Citrix (CNA)
  • Coverage gaps — stated, not hidden

  • No EUVD / GCVE mirror in feed — single-authority dependency for the identifier.
  • EPSS & exposure are time-varying; verify live at the source.
  • Threat-actor attribution not established from feed data — absence of a name is not absence of compromise.
  • No finder/reporter credit recorded in the public CVE entry — the work behind this find is unattributed.
  • Disclosure & credit2
    Catalogued by CitrixCNA
    Credited with finding itNo finder named in the public CVE record — the work behind this find is unattributed.