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CVE-2019-11540

35
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-11540 is a critical session hijacking vulnerability affecting Pulse Secure Pulse Connect Secure and Pulse Policy Secure versions prior to specific updates. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this flaw with low complexity, potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the CISA KEV catalog, the vulnerability has a high EPSS score and significant community discussion, indicating potential for exploitation, though no public exploit code is currently available.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
8.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:connect_secure:8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.3rxCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_connect_secure:8.3rx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0r1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_connect_secure:9.0r1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0r2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_connect_secure:9.0r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0r2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_connect_secure:9.0r2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.3HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.6
Impact Score
6.0
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
8.26%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0826 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 36,897 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

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
ExploitThird Party Advisory
kb.pulsesecure.net / articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44101
Third Party AdvisoryVendor Advisory
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
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry