Medium severity · published Jun 28, 2019
CVE-2018-20814
An XSS issue was found with Psaldownload.cgi in Pulse Secure Pulse Connect Secure (PCS) 8.3R2 before 8.3R2 and Pulse Policy Secure (PPS) 5.4RX before 5.4R2
6.1
CVSS
1.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An XSS issue was found with Psaldownload.cgi in Pulse Secure Pulse Connect Secure (PCS) 8.3R2 before 8.3R2 and Pulse Policy Secure (PPS) 5.4RX before 5.4R2. This is not applicable to PCS 8.1RX or PPS 5.2RX.
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)1.6% · higher than 75% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CS
Connect Secure · Ivanti
8.3 · source: NVD
PP
Pulse Policy Secure · Pulsesecure
5.4 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20814
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-20814
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/109033
Vendor Advisory
https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA43877/
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