CVE-2016-4790

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Published May 26, 2016 CVSS 3.0 · 5.5 Medium EPSS 1.0% KEV · Not listed

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the administrative user interface in Pulse Connect Secure (PCS) 8.2 before 8.2r1, 8.1 before 8.1r2, 8.0 before 8.0r9, and 7.4 before 7.4r13.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:connect_secure:8.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_connect_secure:8.1r1.0:::::::*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:connect_secure:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_connect_secure:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 4 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:connect_secure:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

No advisories available

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.0% (1.001% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035932
https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA40211

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Ivanti Connect Secure

Pulsesecure Pulse Connect Secure

Weaknesses

CWE-79

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 12:39 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: May 26, 2016, 2:00 PM
Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 12:39 AM
Reserved: May 12, 2016, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment No data

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 12:48 AM

Status: Modified
Published: May 26, 2016, 2:59 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 12:48 AM

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