Vulnerability · Published Aug 11, 2022 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2021-44720
High 7.2
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 2.3% (higher than 83% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.2High
Exploit odds (30 days)2.3%top 16.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official 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.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://kb.pulsesecure.net/?atype=sa x_refsource_MISC
- https://gist.github.com/JGarciaSec/2060ec1c8efc1d573a1ddb754c6b4f84 x_refsource_MISC