THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2019-11509
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2019-11509

Connect Secure vulnerability

CVSS
8.8
EPSS
7.8%
EPSS pct
94th
Exploited
No known
In Pulse Secure Pulse Connect Secure (PCS) before 8.1R15.1, 8.2 before 8.2R12.1, 8.3 before 8.3R7.1, and 9.0 before 9.0R3.4 and Pulse Policy Secure (PPS) before 5.1R15.1, 5.2 before 5.2R12.1, 5.3 before 5.3R15.1, 5.4 before 5.4R7.1, and 9.0 before 9.0R3.2, an authenticated attacker (via the admin web interface) can exploit Incorrect Access Control to execute arbitrary code on the appliance.
Affected vendor
Ivanti
Affected product
Connect Secure
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2019-06-03

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring low privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 7.8% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 94% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2019-11509

  • Confirm whether Ivanti Connect Secure is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2019-11509.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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