Vulnerability Report

CVE-2020-8222

Title: Pulsesecure Pulse Policy Secure Path Traversal / LFI

Arbitrary File Access

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2020-8222.

CWE Category CWE-22

Published Date Jul 30, 2020

Modified Date Jun 17, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 6.8 CVSS v3.1

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

2.28%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2020-8222: A path traversal vulnerability exists in Pulse Connect Secure <9.1R8 that allowed an authenticated attacker via the administrator web interface to perform an arbitrary file reading vulnerability through Meeting.

Impacted Vendors

juniper 1

pulsesecure 2

ivanti 2

Reference Links

https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44516 https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44516

CVSS v3.1

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

6.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

NONE

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

CHANGED

RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

4.0

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2020-8222 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 17, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

November 21, 2024 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

July 30, 2020 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK

Complexity LOW

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.