SB2020092343 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Pulse Connect Secure and Pulse Policy Secure
Published: September 23, 2020
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 3 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Code Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-8243)
The vulnerability allows a remote user to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in the admin interface. A remote authenticated administrator can upload a specially crafted template and execute arbitrary code on the system.
2) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-8238)
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in the web interface of PCS/PPS. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
3) XML External Entity injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-8256)
The vulnerability allows a remote user to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied XML input. A remote authenticated user can pass a specially crafted XML code to the affected application and view contents of arbitrary files on the system or initiate requests to external systems.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to view contents of arbitrary file on the server or perform network scanning of internal and external infrastructure.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.