Medium severity · published May 26, 2016
CVE-2016-4789
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the system configuration section in the administrative user interface in Pulse Connect Secure (PCS) 8.2 before 8.2r1, 8.1 before 8.1r2,…
6.1
CVSS
1.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the system configuration section in the administrative user interface in Pulse Connect Secure (PCS) 8.2 before 8.2r1, 8.1 before 8.1r2, 8.0 before 8.0r9, and 7.4 before 7.4r13.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.1% · higher than 66% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CS
Connect Secure · Ivanti
8.1; 8.0; 8.2 · source: NVD
PC
Pulse Connect Secure · Pulsesecure
8.1r1.0; 7.4 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4789
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4789
www.securitytracker.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035932
Vendor Advisory
https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA40209
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