Cross-site request forgery in Ivanti Policy Secure (formerly Pulse Policy Secure) and Ivanti Connect Secure (formerly Pulse Connect Secure) - CVE-2017-11455
Published: August 29, 2017 / Updated: September 15, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU8032
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-11455
CWE-ID: CWE-352
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Ivanti
Affected software:
Ivanti Policy Secure (formerly Pulse Policy Secure)
Ivanti Connect Secure (formerly Pulse Connect Secure)
Ivanti Policy Secure (formerly Pulse Policy Secure)
Ivanti Connect Secure (formerly Pulse Connect Secure)
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to perform CSRF attack.
The weakness exists due to improper input validation. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted HTML page or URL, trick the victim into visiting it, gain access to the system, trigger a flaw in 'diag.cgi and perform arbitrary actions.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-11455
The vulnerability is addressed in the following versions: 8.3R1, 8.2R6, 8.1R12, 8.0R17 and 5.4R1, 5.3R6, 5.2R9, 5.1R12.