CVE-2021-44720

HIGH

Ivanti Pulse Connect Secure < 9.1R12 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Hard-coded Credentials in Targets.cgi

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In Ivanti Pulse Secure Pulse Connect Secure (PCS) before 9.1R12, the administrator password is stored in the HTML source code of the "Maintenance > Push Configuration > Targets > Target Name" targets.cgi screen. A read-only administrative user can escalate to a read-write administrative role.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://kb.pulsesecure.net/?atype=sa

Scores

CVSS v3 7.2
EPSS 0.0260
EPSS Percentile 85.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-798
Status published
Products (2)
ivanti/connect_secure 9.1 (20 CPE variants)
pulsesecure/pulse_connect_secure < 9.1
Published Aug 12, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026