# CVE-2017-11194: Pulse Connect Secure 8.3R1 has Reflected XSS in adminservercacertdetails.cgi.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2017-07-12 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Pulse Connect Secure 8.3R1 has Reflected XSS in adminservercacertdetails.cgi. In the admin panel, the certid parameter of adminservercacertdetails.cgi is reflected in the application's response and is not properly sanitized, allowing an attacker to inject tags. An attacker could come up with clever payloads to make the system run commands such as ping, ping6, traceroute, nslookup, arp, etc.

## What to do

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## References

- https://twitter.com/sxcurity/status/884556905145937921
- http://www.sxcurity.pro/Multiple%20XSS%20and%20CSRF%20in%20Pulse%20Connect%20Secure%20v8.3R1.pdf

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