XSS in Pulsesecure Pulse Connect Secure
CVE-2017-11194
Pulse Connect Secure 8.3R1 has Reflected XSS in adminservercacertdetails.cgi. In the admin panel, the certid parameter of adminservercacertdetails.cgi is reflected in the application's response and is not properly sanitized, allowing an attacker to inject tags. An attacker could come up with clever payloads to make the system run commands such as ping, ping6, traceroute, nslookup, arp, etc.
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.007 (50.5th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 51st percentile — 50.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Pulsesecure Pulse Connect Secure — versions 8.3r1.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- twitter.com/sxcurity/status/884556905145937921 (Third Party Advisory)
- www.sxcurity.pro/Multiple XSS and CSRF in Pulse Connect Secure v8.3R1.pdf (Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-11194?
- CVE-2017-11194 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Pulsesecure Pulse Connect Secure, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-07-12.
- How severe is CVE-2017-11194?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.