CVE-2017-11455

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-08-29 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-352

Description

diag.cgi in Pulse Connect Secure 8.2R1 through 8.2R5, 8.1R1 through 8.1R10 and Pulse Policy Secure 5.3R1 through 5.3R5, 5.2R1 through 5.2R8, and 5.1R1 through 5.1R10 allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests to start tcpdump, related to the lack of anti-CSRF tokens.

Affected products

Ivanti Connect Secure (Pulse Secure): 8.1
Ivanti Connect Secure (Pulse Secure): 8.1r1.0, 8.2r1.0, 8.2r1.1, 8.2r2.0, 8.2r3.0, 8.2r3.1 (+3)
Pulsesecure Pulse Policy Secure: 5.1r1.0, 5.1r1.1, 5.1r2.0, 5.1r2.1, 5.1r3.0, 5.1r3.2 (+31)

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100530
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039242
https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA40793
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100530
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039242
https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA40793

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