CVE-2017-11195: Pulse Secure Pulse Connect Secure

Medium severity, CVSS 6.1. EPSS: 0.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Pulse Connect Secure 8.3R1 has Reflected XSS in launchHelp.cgi. The helpLaunchPage parameter is reflected in an IFRAME element, if the value contains two quotes. It properly sanitizes quotes and tags, so one cannot simply close the src with a quote and inject after that. However, an attacker can use javascript: or data: to abuse this.

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Published 2017-07-12. Last modified 2026-06-17.