CVE-2020-8218

high

Description

A code injection vulnerability exists in Pulse Connect Secure <9.1R8 that allows an attacker to crafted a URI to perform an arbitrary code execution via the admin web interface.

References

https://www.avira.com/en/blog/a-gafgyt-variant-that-exploits-pulse-secure-cve-2020-8218

https://www.tenable.com/cyber-exposure/2020-threat-landscape-retrospective

https://www.tenable.com/blog/cve-2025-0282-ivanti-connect-secure-zero-day-vulnerability-exploited-in-the-wild

https://www.gosecure.net/blog/2020/11/13/forget-your-perimeter-part-2-four-vulnerabilities-in-pulse-connect-secure/

https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44516

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2020-07-30

Updated: 2025-02-12

Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.91071

Detections

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