Cross-site scripting in Ivanti Policy Secure (formerly Pulse Policy Secure) and Ivanti Connect Secure (formerly Pulse Connect Secure) - CVE-2017-11194
Published: July 13, 2017 / Updated: July 24, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU7519
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-2017-11194
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote administrator to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. 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.
Affected software
Ivanti Policy Secure (formerly Pulse Policy Secure)
Ivanti Connect Secure (formerly Pulse Connect Secure)
Ivanti Connect Secure (formerly Pulse Connect Secure)
How to mitigate CVE-2017-11194
Install updates from vendor's website.
Ivanti Policy Secure (formerly Pulse Policy Secure) - addressed in versions 5.2R9.1, 5.3R8.2, 5.4R2.1
Ivanti Connect Secure (formerly Pulse Connect Secure) - addressed in versions 8.0R17.0, 8.1R12.1, 8.2R8.2, 8.3R2.1
Ivanti Connect Secure (formerly Pulse Connect Secure) - addressed in versions 8.0R17.0, 8.1R12.1, 8.2R8.2, 8.3R2.1