CVE-2017-11194: pulsesecure pulse_connect_secure Cross-site Scripting

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-11194 is a medium (CVSS 6.1) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in pulsesecure pulse_connect_secure. EPSS estimates a 0.68% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 51.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 12-07-2017
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 05-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

• CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.