CVE-2020-8255 Path traversal in Pulse Connect Secure / Pulse Policy Secure
An authenticated attacker can read arbitrary files from the Pulse Connect Secure admin interface due to insufficient input validation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-8255?
CVE-2020-8255 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Pulse Connect Secure / Pulse Policy Secure, published on 28 Oct 2020. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A vulnerability in the Pulse Connect Secure < 9.1R9 admin web interface could allow an authenticated attacker to perform an arbitrary file reading vulnerability is fixed using encrypted URL blacklisting that prevents these messages.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-8255?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Pulsesecure Pulse Secure Desktop Client.
How do I fix CVE-2020-8255?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-8255 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2020-8255 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-8255 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Pulse Connect Secure / Pulse Policy Secure
- CVE-2020-8239 Privilege escalation in Pulse Secure Desktop Cient
- CVE-2020-8254 Path traversal in Pulse Secure Desktop Client
- CVE-2020-8240 Privilege escalation in Pulse Secure Desktop Client
- CVE-2020-8248 Privilege escalation in Pulse Secure Desktop Client
- CVE-2020-8249 Memory corruption in Pulse Secure Desktop Client
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4m7r-69vr-gmv2.