SB2018011614 - Cross-site scripting in Pulse Connect Secure



SB2018011614 - Cross-site scripting in Pulse Connect Secure

Published: January 16, 2018 Updated: July 17, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2018011614
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

Low 100%
  • Low
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-17947)

The vulnerability allows a remote privileged user to read and manipulate data.

A cross site scripting issue has been found in custompage.cgi in Pulse Secure Pulse Connect Secure (PCS) before 8.0R17.0, 8.1.x before 8.1R13, 8.2.x before 8.2R9, and 8.3.x before 8.3R3 and Pulse Policy Secure (PPS) before 5.2R10, 5.3.x before 5.3R9, and 5.4.x before 5.4R3 due to one of the URL parameters not being sanitized. Exploitation does require the user to be logged in as administrator; the issue is not applicable to the end user portal.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.