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CVE-2019-11508

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 14.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2019-05-08 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

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, an authenticated attacker (via the admin web interface) can exploit Directory Traversal to execute arbitrary code on the appliance.

Affected products

• Ivanti Connect Secure (Pulse Secure): 7.1, 7.1-r1.0, 7.1-r1.1, 7.1-r10.0, 7.1-r11.0, 7.1-r12.0 (+108)
• Ivanti Connect Secure (Pulse Secure): 7.4

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108073
• https://devco.re/blog/2019/09/02/attacking-ssl-vpn-part-3-the-golden-Pulse-Secure-ssl-vpn-rce-chain-with-Twitter-as-case-study/
• https://i.blackhat.com/USA-19/Wednesday/us-19-Tsai-Infiltrating-Corporate-Intranet-Like-NSA.pdf
• https://kb.pulsesecure.net/?atype=sa
• https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44101/
• https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2019-0010
• https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/927237
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108073
• https://devco.re/blog/2019/09/02/attacking-ssl-vpn-part-3-the-golden-Pulse-Secure-ssl-vpn-rce-chain-with-Twitter-as-case-study/
• https://i.blackhat.com/USA-19/Wednesday/us-19-Tsai-Infiltrating-Corporate-Intranet-Like-NSA.pdf
• https://kb.pulsesecure.net/?atype=sa
• https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44101/

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