Cross-site scripting in Ivanti Connect Secure (formerly Pulse Connect Secure) and Ivanti Policy Secure (formerly Pulse Policy Secure) - CVE-2018-20814
Published: June 28, 2019 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU35779
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-20814
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Ivanti
Affected software:
Ivanti Connect Secure (formerly Pulse Connect Secure)
Ivanti Policy Secure (formerly Pulse Policy Secure)
Ivanti Connect Secure (formerly Pulse Connect Secure)
Ivanti Policy Secure (formerly Pulse Policy Secure)
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
An XSS issue was found with Psaldownload.cgi in Pulse Secure Pulse Connect Secure (PCS) 8.3R2 before 8.3R2 and Pulse Policy Secure (PPS) 5.4RX before 5.4R2. This is not applicable to PCS 8.1RX or PPS 5.2RX.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-20814
Install update from vendor's website.