CVE-2019-11510

Status: AnalyzedCritical (10)⚠ Active exploitation
In Pulse Secure Pulse Connect Secure (PCS) 8.2 before 8.2R12.1, 8.3 before 8.3R7.1, and 9.0 before 9.0R3.4, an unauthenticated remote attacker can send a specially crafted URI to perform an arbitrary file reading vulnerability .
CVSS

Version: 3.1
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base score: 10
Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 100%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 100
Score date: 9/29/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
CISA KEV — actively exploited

Added to catalog: 11/3/2021
Remediation due date: 5/3/2022
Known ransomware use: Known
🎯 ATT&CK techniques

How this vulnerability is exploited and what the attacker gains, in MITRE ATT&CK terms.
ExploitationT1190 Exploit Public-Facing Applicationinitial access95 %
Primary impactT1005 Data from Local Systemcollection90 %
CVE-2019-11510 es una vulnerabilidad de lectura arbitraria de archivos en Pulse Connect Secure sin autenticación (AV:N PR:N). Se explota T1190 (exposición de aplicación web). El impacto principal es T1005 (lectura de datos locales) confirmado en descripción oficial.
Inferred by our analysis agent from the official description, CVSS vector and CWE, and checked by a supervisor. May contain errors.
🛡️ ATT&CK mitigations that cover these techniques

Vulnerability Scanning Privileged Account Management Network Segmentation Limit Access to Resource Over Network Filter Network Traffic Application Isolation and Sandboxing
Affected technologies (1)

Ivanti — Connect Secure
CWEs

CWE-22
CWE-22
References

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