CVE-2017-11194 Cross-site scripting in n/a
Reflected XSS in Pulse Connect Secure admin panel allows attackers to inject scripts and execute system commands like ping or traceroute.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-11194?
CVE-2017-11194 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Pulsesecure Pulse Connect Secure, published on 12 Jul 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Pulse Connect Secure 8.3R1 has Reflected XSS in adminservercacertdetails.cgi. In the admin panel, the certid parameter of adminservercacertdetails.cgi is reflected in the application's response and is not properly sanitized, allowing an attacker to inject tags. An attacker could come up with clever payloads to make the system run commands such as ping, ping6, traceroute, nslookup, arp, etc.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-11194?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Pulsesecure Pulse Connect Secure.
How do I fix CVE-2017-11194?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-11194 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2017-11194 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-11194 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Pulsesecure Pulse Connect Secure
Sources
Also known as GHSA-g3mr-rvr7-8j99.