CVE-2020-8217
lowpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.014 · 71 %ileEURUUSgrimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
1.35% (71st) EPSS
CVSS 3.5 · low
Who says so?
4 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-27
A cross site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Pulse Connect Secure <9.1R8 allowed attackers to exploit in the URL used for Citrix ICA.
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cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
5.4
010
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.5–5.4
v3.15.4mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.3 · impact 2.7
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weaknesses
The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.
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affected products (6)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- pulsesecure pulse connect secure≤ 9.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_connect_secure:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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also known as (4)
Other names and identifiers for this entity.
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sources
Which sources assert this record, and when.
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references (6)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://www.nsfocus.net/vulndb/47570cnnvd
- https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44516cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8217cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Pulse-Connect-Secure-multiple-vulnerabilities-32930cnnvd
- https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44516enisa_euvd
- https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44516Vendor Advisorynvd
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