CVE-2017-11455 Cross-site request forgery in n/a
Remote attackers can hijack administrator authentication to start tcpdump due to missing anti-CSRF tokens in Pulse Connect Secure and Policy Secure.
- 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-2017-11455?
CVE-2017-11455 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ivanti Connect Secure, published on 29 Aug 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
diag.cgi in Pulse Connect Secure 8.2R1 through 8.2R5, 8.1R1 through 8.1R10 and Pulse Policy Secure 5.3R1 through 5.3R5, 5.2R1 through 5.2R8, and 5.1R1 through 5.1R10 allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests to start tcpdump, related to the lack of anti-CSRF tokens.
Weakness: CWE-352
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-11455?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Ivanti Connect Secure, Pulsesecure Pulse Connect Secure, Pulsesecure Pulse Policy Secure.
How do I fix CVE-2017-11455?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-11455 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2017-11455 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-11455 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Ivanti Connect Secure
- CVE-2021-22893 Ivanti Pulse Connect Secure Use-After-Free
- CVE-2019-11510 Ivanti Pulse Connect Secure Arbitrary File Read
- CVE-2024-21887 Ivanti Connect Secure and Policy Secure Command Injection
- CVE-2025-22457 Ivanti Connect Secure, Policy Secure, and ZTA Gateways Stack-Based Buffer Overflow
- CVE-2025-0282 Ivanti Connect Secure, Policy Secure, and ZTA Gateways Stack-Based Buffer Overflow
Sources
Also known as GHSA-337j-5pvv-8pq9.