CVE-2018-20808
An XSS issue has been found with rd.cgi in Pulse Secure Pulse Connect Secure 8.3RX before 8.3R3...
An XSS issue has been found with rd.cgi in Pulse Secure Pulse Connect Secure 8.3RX before 8.3R3 due to improper header sanitization. This is not applicable to 8.1RX.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An XSS issue has been found with rd.cgi in Pulse Secure Pulse Connect Secure 8.3RX before 8.3R3 due to improper header sanitization. This is not applicable to 8.1RX.
- Record
CVE-2018-20808- CVSS 3.0
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An XSS issue has been found with rd.cgi in Pulse Secure Pulse Connect Secure 8.3RX before 8.3R3 due to improper header sanitization. This is not applicable to 8.1RX.
- Record
CVE-2018-20808- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-13350 No score
An XSS issue has been found with rd.cgi in Pulse Secure Pulse Connect Secure 8.3RX before 8.3R3 due to improper header sanitization. This is not applicable to 8.1RX.
- Record
EUVD-2018-13350- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-cgg9-3m27-m426
An XSS issue has been found with rd.cgi in Pulse Secure Pulse Connect Secure 8.3RX before 8.3R3...
An XSS issue has been found with rd.cgi in Pulse Secure Pulse Connect Secure 8.3RX before 8.3R3 due to improper header sanitization. This is not applicable to 8.1RX.
- Record
GHSA-cgg9-3m27-m426- CVSS 3.0
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-20808 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) in Ivanti Connect Secure, published March 16, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.60%, the 75th percentile. No source names a fixed version.