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CVE-2019-11510

99
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-11510 is a critical arbitrary file read vulnerability affecting Pulse Secure Pulse Connect Secure (PCS) VPN appliances across versions 8.2, 8.3, and 9.0. With a maximum CVSS score of 10.0, this flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to exploit a path traversal weakness via specially crafted URIs to access sensitive system files and credentials without user interaction. The vulnerability is actively exploited in the wild by ransomware groups and nation-state actors, is listed in the CISA KEV catalog, and has public exploit code widely available in frameworks like Metasploit.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
8.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:connect_secure:8.2:r1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:connect_secure:8.2:r1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:connect_secure:8.2:r10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:connect_secure:8.2:r11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:connect_secure:8.2:r12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.9CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.1
Impact Score
6.0
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
100.00%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
100.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Added to KEV · Nov 3, 2021
Metasploit: Pulse Secure VPN Arbitrary File Disclosure · Apr 24, 2019
Nuclei: CVE-2019-11510 · Apr 22, 2020
ExploitDB: EDB-47297 · Aug 21, 2019
This CVE's current EPSS score of 1.0000 is in the 100th percentile among its peer group of 36,835 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

cisa.gov / known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
US Government Resource
packetstormsecurity.com / files/154176/Pulse-Secure-SSL-VPN-8.1R15.1-8.2-8.3-9.0-Arbitrary-File-Disclosure.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
packetstormsecurity.com / files/154231/Pulse-Secure-SSL-VPN-File-Disclosure-NSE.html
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
badpackets.net / over-14500-pulse-secure-vpn-endpoints-vulnerable-to-cve-2019-11510
Broken LinkThird Party Advisory
devco.re / blog/2019/09/02/attacking-ssl-vpn-part-3-the-golden-Pulse-Secure-ssl-vpn-rce-chain-with-Twitter-as-case-study
ExploitThird Party Advisory
i.blackhat.com / USA-19/Wednesday/us-19-Tsai-Infiltrating-Corporate-Intranet-Like-NSA.pdf
Third Party Advisory
kb.pulsesecure.net / articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44101
Broken LinkPatchVendor Advisory
kb.pulsesecure.net
Not ApplicableVendor Advisory
lists.apache.org / thread.html/ff5fa1837b6bd1b24d18a42faa75e165a4573dbe2d434910c15fd08a%40%3Cuser.guacamole.apache.org%3E
Mailing List
psirt.global.sonicwall.com / vuln-detail/SNWLID-2019-0010
Third Party Advisory
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/927237
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
securityfocus.com / bid/108073
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry