What is CVE-2017-11195?

CVE-2017-11195 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-2017-11195?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Pulsesecure Pulse Connect Secure

CVE-2017-11195

Pulse Connect Secure 8.3R1 has Reflected XSS in launchHelp.cgi. The helpLaunchPage parameter is reflected in an IFRAME element, if the value contains two quotes. It properly sanitizes quotes and tags, so one cannot simply close the src with a quote and inject after that. However, an attacker can use javascript: or data: to abuse this.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.009 (56.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Pulsesecure Pulse_connect_secure — versions 8.3r1.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-11195?: CVE-2017-11195 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-2017-11195?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.