CVE-2020-8218 is a critical code injection vulnerability affecting Pulse Connect Secure and Policy Secure versions prior to 9.1R8, allowing authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code via the admin web interface through a specially crafted URI. With a CVSS score of 7.2 (High) and an EPSS score indicating high exploitability, this vulnerability poses a significant risk due to its network-based attack vector and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. This flaw is actively exploited in the wild, as confirmed by its presence in the CISA KEV catalog, and has garnered community discussion, despite a lack of public exploit code in common frameworks.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:connect_secure:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:connect_secure:9.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:connect_secure:9.1:r1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:connect_secure:9.1:r2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:connect_secure:9.1:r3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.