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CVE-2019-11542

60
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-11542 is a stack buffer overflow vulnerability affecting multiple versions of Pulse Secure Pulse Connect Secure and Pulse Policy Secure. An authenticated attacker with administrative web interface access can trigger this flaw by sending a specially crafted message. With a CVSS score of 7.2 (High), this vulnerability allows for high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring high privileges but low attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
8.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:connect_secure:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:connect_secure:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:connect_secure:8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.1r1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_connect_secure:8.1r1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.2r1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_connect_secure:8.2r1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.0HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.3
Impact Score
6.0
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
66.12%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.6612 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 5,531 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 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
Vendor 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
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry