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Pulse Secure Pulse Connect Secure: CVE-2017-11195: Pulse Connect Secure (PCS) / Pulse Policy Secure (PPS) Cross Site Scripting Issue (SA40771)

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Pulse Secure Pulse Connect Secure: CVE-2017-11195: Pulse Connect Secure (PCS) / Pulse Policy Secure (PPS) Cross Site Scripting Issue (SA40771)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
07/12/2017
Created
10/28/2020
Added
10/28/2020
Modified
02/15/2024

Description

Pulse Connect Secure 8.3R1 has Reflected XSS in launchHelp.cgi. The helpLaunchPage parameter is reflected in an IFRAME element, if the value contains two quotes. It properly sanitizes quotes and tags, so one cannot simply close the src with a quote and inject after that. However, an attacker can use javascript: or data: to abuse this.

Solution(s)

  • pulse-secure-pulse-connect-secure-upgrade-8_0r17_0
  • pulse-secure-pulse-connect-secure-upgrade-8_1r12_1
  • pulse-secure-pulse-connect-secure-upgrade-8_2r8_2
  • pulse-secure-pulse-connect-secure-upgrade-8_3r2_1

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