CVE-2016-4790 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability 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.

Published: 2016-05-26

Score: 5.5 Medium

EPSS: 1.0% Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01001.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035932
https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA40211

History

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Subscriptions

Ivanti Connect Secure

Pulsesecure Pulse Connect Secure

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2016-05-26T14:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:39:26.268Z

Reserved: 2016-05-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-4790

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-05-26T14:59:06.573

Modified: 2026-06-17T00:48:13.553

Link: CVE-2016-4790

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79

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