Pulse Secure · Pulse Connect Secure

CVE-2020-8218

Pulse Connect Secure Code Injection Vulnerability

Exploited in attacks High 7.2 Attack chance: 32%

What it is

A code injection vulnerability exists in Pulse Connect Secure <9.1R8 that allows an attacker to crafted a URI to perform an arbitrary code execution via the admin web interface.

CISA: A code injection vulnerability exists in Pulse Connect Secure that allows an attacker to crafted a URI to perform an arbitrary code execution via the admin web interface.

What to do

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Deadline for US federal agencies: September 7, 2022

Added to the CISA list: March 7, 2022
Published: July 30, 2020
Severity: High 7.2 CVSS 3.1
Chance of attacks in the next 30 days (EPSS): 32% in the top 1.7% of all known vulnerabilities
Weakness: CWE-94
More details: NVD · CVE.org · CISA

All references (2)

Sources: Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (CISA, public domain), CVE records (cve.org) and EPSS (FIRST). The chance of attacks is the EPSS estimate that someone will try to exploit the flaw in the next 30 days.