4.8
MEDIUM
CVE-2017-17947
"Pulse Secure Pulse Connect Secure and Pulse Policy Secure Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability"
Description

A cross site scripting issue has been found in custompage.cgi in Pulse Secure Pulse Connect Secure (PCS) before 8.0R17.0, 8.1.x before 8.1R13, 8.2.x before 8.2R9, and 8.3.x before 8.3R3 and Pulse Policy Secure (PPS) before 5.2R10, 5.3.x before 5.3R9, and 5.4.x before 5.4R3 due to one of the URL parameters not being sanitized. Exploitation does require the user to be logged in as administrator; the issue is not applicable to the end user portal.

INFO

Published Date :

Jan. 16, 2018, 9:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Feb. 6, 2018, 3:24 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.7

Exploitability Score :

1.7
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2017-17947 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Pulsesecure pulse_connect_secure
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2017-17947.

URL Resource
http://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA43018 Patch Vendor Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2017-17947 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2017-17947 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 06, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    Changed Reference Type http://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA43018 No Types Assigned http://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA43018 Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-79
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_connect_secure:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 8.0r17.0 *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_connect_secure:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 8.1 up to (excluding) 8.1r13 *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_connect_secure:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 8.2 up to (including) 8.2r9 *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_connect_secure:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 8.3 up to (excluding) 8.3r3
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2017-17947 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2017-17947 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.05 }} 0.00%

score

0.20649

percentile

CVSS30 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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