CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2020-8256

Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

Published: Sep 30, 2020 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
4.9
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
4 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

A vulnerability in the Pulse Connect Secure < 9.1R8.2 admin web interface could allow an authenticated attacker to gain arbitrary file reading access through Pulse Collaboration via XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability.

Weakness

The product processes an XML document that can contain XML entities with URIs that resolve to documents outside of the intended sphere of control, causing the product to embed incorrect documents into its output.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Connect_secure Ivanti 9.1 (including) 9.1 (including)
Connect_secure Ivanti 9.1-r1 (including) 9.1-r1 (including)
Connect_secure Ivanti 9.1-r2 (including) 9.1-r2 (including)
Connect_secure Ivanti 9.1-r3 (including) 9.1-r3 (including)
Connect_secure Ivanti 9.1-r4 (including) 9.1-r4 (including)
Connect_secure Ivanti 9.1-r4.1 (including) 9.1-r4.1 (including)
Connect_secure Ivanti 9.1-r4.2 (including) 9.1-r4.2 (including)
Connect_secure Ivanti 9.1-r4.3 (including) 9.1-r4.3 (including)
Connect_secure Ivanti 9.1-r5 (including) 9.1-r5 (including)
Connect_secure Ivanti 9.1-r6 (including) 9.1-r6 (including)
Connect_secure Ivanti 9.1-r7 (including) 9.1-r7 (including)
Connect_secure Ivanti 9.1-r8 (including) 9.1-r8 (including)
Connect_secure Ivanti 9.1-r8.1 (including) 9.1-r8.1 (including)
Pulse_connect_secure Pulsesecure * 9.0 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References