CVE-2018-20193

Public Exploit

Description

Certain Secure Access SA Series SSL VPN products (originally developed by Juniper Networks but now sold and supported by Pulse Secure, LLC) allow privilege escalation, as demonstrated by Secure Access SSL VPN SA-4000 5.1R5 (build 9627) 4.2 Release (build 7631). This occurs because appropriate controls are not performed. Specifically, it is possible for a readonly user to change the administrator user password by making a local copy of the /dana-admin/user/update.cgi page, changing the "user" value, and saving the changes.

Category

8.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.51%
Third-Party Advisory seclists.org Third-Party Advisory securityfocus.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106289 vdb entry third party advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Dec/37 mailing list exploit third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2018-20193?
CVE-2018-20193 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2018-20193?
To fix CVE-2018-20193, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2018-20193 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2018-20193 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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