Session Fixation in Ivanti Connect Secure (formerly Pulse Connect Secure) - CVE-2019-11213
Published: April 12, 2019 / Updated: July 17, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU31114
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-11213
CWE-ID: CWE-384
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Ivanti
Affected software:
Ivanti Connect Secure (formerly Pulse Connect Secure)
Ivanti Connect Secure (formerly Pulse Connect Secure)
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
In Pulse Secure Pulse Desktop Client and Network Connect, an attacker could access session tokens to replay and spoof sessions, and as a result, gain unauthorized access as an end user, a related issue to CVE-2019-1573. (The endpoint would need to be already compromised for exploitation to succeed.) This affects Pulse Desktop Client 5.x before Secure Desktop 5.3R7 and Pulse Desktop Client 9.x before Secure Desktop 9.0R3. It also affects (for Network Connect customers) Pulse Connect Secure 8.1 before 8.1R14, 8.3 before 8.3R7, and 9.0 before 9.0R3.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-11213
Install update from vendor's website.