PT-2020-20064 · Pulse · Pulse Connect Secure

Jean-Frédéric Gauron + 5 · Published 2020-09-29 · Updated 2024-02-27 · CVE-2020-8256

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.9

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Pulse Connect Secure versions prior to 9.1R8.2

Description A vulnerability in the Pulse Connect Secure admin web interface could allow an authenticated attacker to gain arbitrary file reading access through Pulse Collaboration via XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability.

Recommendations For versions prior to 9.1R8.2, update to version 9.1R8.2 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

XXE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-611

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-8256

Affected Products

Pulse Connect Secure

References · 5

• 🔥 https://gosecure.net/blog/2020/11/13/forget-your-perimeter-part-2-four-vulnerabilities-in-pulse-connect-secure · Exploit
• https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44588 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-8256 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8256 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cybersecuritytechnologies/2108 · Telegram Post