CVE-2019-11539
Ivanti Pulse Connect Secure and Policy Secure Command Injection Vulnerability
Ivanti Pulse Connect Secure and Pulse Policy SecureIdentity & access
CVSS
8.0HighExploit odds (EPSS)98.5%Chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 99.9% of CVEs. Scored 23 Oct 2026FIRST EPSS
Fixed inNone listedNo source names a fixed version. Check the vendor advisory below
CISA required actionApply updates per vendor instructions. CISA KEV
What fixes it
No source in this snapshot names a fixed version. The vendor advisories under References are the place to check.
Timeline
- 24 Apr 2019Exploit code publicMetasploit
- 26 Apr 2019, 01:39 UTCPublishedCVE List
- 3 Nov 2021Added to CISA KEVCISA KEV
Public exploit code and templates 3
- Exploit modulePulse Secure VPN Arbitrary Command Execution 24 Apr 2019Metasploit
- Remote exploitPulse Secure 8.1R15.1/8.2/8.3/9.0 SSL VPN - Remote Code Execution 6 Sep 2019Exploit-DB
- Remote exploitPulse Secure VPN - Arbitrary Command Execution (Metasploit) 20 Nov 2019Exploit-DB
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Description
Ivanti Pulse Connect Secure and Policy Secure allows an authenticated attacker from the admin web interface to inject and execute commands.
Text from CVE List
Affected versions 1
- n/aaffected: n/aCVE List
References 7
- kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44101Advisoryvia CVE List
- psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2019-0010Advisoryvia CVE List
- kb.cert.org/vuls/id/927237Advisoryvia CVE List
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-11539Referencevia CISA KEV
- i.blackhat.com/USA-19/Wednesday/us-19-Tsai-Infiltrating-Corporate-Intranet-Like-NSA.pdfReferencevia CVE List
- devco.re/blog/2019/09/02/attacking-ssl-vpn-part-3-the-golden-Pulse-Secure-ssl-vpn-rce-chain-with-Twitter-as-case-study/Referencevia CVE List
- cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-11539Referencevia CVE List