Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU27035

Session Fixation in Ivanti Policy Secure (formerly Pulse Policy Secure) and Ivanti Connect Secure (formerly Pulse Connect Secure) - CVE-2019-11540

Published: April 20, 2020

Vulnerability identifier: #VU27035

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-11540

CWE-ID: CWE-384

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to hijack users' sessions.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient session validation in Pulse Connect Secure and Pulse Policy Secure. A remote attacker can can conduct a session hijacking attack.

Affected software

Ivanti Policy Secure (formerly Pulse Policy Secure)
Ivanti Connect Secure (formerly Pulse Connect Secure)

How to mitigate CVE-2019-11540

Install updates from vendor's website.

Ivanti Policy Secure (formerly Pulse Policy Secure) - addressed in versions 5.4R7.1, 9.0R3.2
Ivanti Connect Secure (formerly Pulse Connect Secure) - addressed in versions 8.3R7.1, 9.0R3.4

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