Medium severity · published Oct 28, 2020
CVE-2020-8262
A vulnerability in the Pulse Connect Secure / Pulse Policy Secure below 9.1R9 could allow attackers to conduct Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) and Open Redirection for authenticated…
6.1
CVSS
1.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A vulnerability in the Pulse Connect Secure / Pulse Policy Secure below 9.1R9 could allow attackers to conduct Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) and Open Redirection for authenticated user web interface.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/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)1.8% · higher than 79% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CS
Connect Secure · Ivanti
9.1; 9.1; 9.1; 9.1; 9.1; 9.1; +2 more · source: NVD
PS
Policy Secure · Ivanti
9.1; 9.1; 9.1; 9.1; 9.1; 9.1; +2 more · source: NVD
PC
Pulse Connect Secure · Pulsesecure
before 9.1 · source: NVD
PP
Pulse Policy Secure · Pulsesecure
before 9.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8262
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-8262
Vendor Advisory
https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44601
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