# CVE-2019-11539

In Pulse Secure Pulse Connect Secure version 9.0RX before 9.0R3.4, 8.3RX before 8.3R7.1, 8.2RX before 8.2R12.1, and 8.1RX before 8.1R15.1 and Pulse Policy Secure version 9.0RX before 9.0R3.2, 5.4RX before 5.4R7.1, 5.3RX before 5.3R12.1, 5.2RX before 5.2R12.1, and 5.1RX before 5.1R15.1, the admin web interface allows an authenticated attacker to inject and execute commands.

- Page: https://www.vulneraibility.com/cve/CVE-2019-11539
- CVSS: 7.2
- Known exploited: yes, in CISA KEV since 2021-11-03; CISA due date 2022-05-03; known ransomware use
- EPSS: 98.54% (percentile 99.9)
- Public exploit code: 2 on Exploit-DB · 1 Metasploit module · 1 GitHub proof of concept (first 2019-09-04)
- CISA SSVC: exploitation active, automatable no, technical impact total (assessed 2025-02-03)
- Weakness: CWE-78
- Published: 2019-04-26

## Affected

- ivanti:connect_secure
- ivanti:policy_secure
- pulsesecure:pulse_policy_secure

## References

- [other] https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44101
- [other] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108073
- [other] https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2019-0010
- [other] https://i.blackhat.com/USA-19/Wednesday/us-19-Tsai-Infiltrating-Corporate-Intranet-Like-NSA.pdf
- [other] http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154376/Pulse-Secure-8.1R15.1-8.2-8.3-9.0-SSL-VPN-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- [other] https://devco.re/blog/2019/09/02/attacking-ssl-vpn-part-3-the-golden-Pulse-Secure-ssl-vpn-rce-chain-with-Twitter-as-case-study/
- [advisory] https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/927237
- [other] http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155277/Pulse-Secure-VPN-Arbitrary-Command-Execution.html
- [other] http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162092/Pulse-Secure-VPN-Arbitrary-Command-Execution.html
- [other] https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-11539

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