Pulse Connect Secure XSS (SA3877)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 135694

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Synopsis

The remote device is affected by a cross-site scripting vulnerability.

Description

According to its self-reported version, the version of Pulse Connect Secure running on the remote host is 8.3Rx prior to 8.3R3 It is, therefore, affected by a cross-site scripting vulnerability in rd.cgi due to improper header sanitization. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, by convincing a user to click a specially crafted URL, to execute arbitrary script code in a user's browser session.

Solution

Upgrade to Pulse Connect Secure version 8.3R3 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 135694

File Name: pulse_connect_secure-sa-43877.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: remote

Family: Misc.

Published: 4/17/2020

Updated: 4/11/2022

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-20808

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:pulsesecure:pulse_connect_secure

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Pulse Connect Secure

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/30/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/28/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-20808

BID: 109346

IAVB: 2019-B-0049-S

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