CVE-2016-4789 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the system configuration section in the administrative user interface in Pulse Connect Secure (PCS) 8.2 before 8.2r1, 8.1 before 8.1r2, 8.0 before 8.0r9, and 7.4 before 7.4r13.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00093.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Ivanti	Connect Secure
Pulsesecure	Pulse Connect Secure

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:connect_secure:8.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_connect_secure:8.1r1.0:::::::*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:connect_secure:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_connect_secure:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 4 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:connect_secure:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

No data.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035932
https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA40209

History

Thu, 14 Nov 2024 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2016-05-26T14:00:00

Updated: 2024-11-14T19:49:26.270Z

Reserved: 2016-05-12T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-4789

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:39:26.283Z

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-05-26T14:59:05.447

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2016-4789

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

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