Cross-site scripting in Ivanti Connect Secure (formerly Pulse Connect Secure) - CVE-2017-17947
Published: January 16, 2018 / Updated: July 17, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU31361
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 4.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-17947
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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.
Affected software
Ivanti Connect Secure (formerly Pulse Connect Secure)
How to mitigate CVE-2017-17947
Install update from vendor's website.
Ivanti Connect Secure (formerly Pulse Connect Secure) - update to 8.3R3