CVE-2023-38551 (GCVE-0-2023-38551)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-05-31 17:38 – Updated: 2025-03-27 20:43
VLAI
Summary
A CRLF Injection vulnerability in Ivanti Connect Secure (9.x, 22.x) allows an authenticated high-privileged user to inject malicious code on a victim’s browser, thereby leading to cross-site scripting attack.
Severity
8.2 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-06-03 14:27 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-93 - Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences ('CRLF Injection')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Ivanti Connect Secure Affected: 22.7R2 , < 22.7R2 (semver)
Affected: 22.5R2.2 , < 22.5R2.2 (semver)
Affected: 9.1R18.6 , < 9.1R18.6 (semver)
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