Pega Platform

Pega Platform TimingBased User Enum via Basic Auth Fixed 24.1.4/25.1.1
CVE-2025-62181 5.3 - Medium - December 10, 2025

Pega Platform versions 7.1.0 through Infinity 25.1.0 are affected by a User Enumeration. This issue occurs during user authentication process, where a difference in response time could allow a remote unauthenticated user to determine if a username is valid or not. This only applies to deprecated basic-authentication feature and other more secure authentication mechanisms are recommended. A fix is being provided in the 24.1.4, 24.2.4, and 25.1.1 patch releases. Please note: Basic credentials authentication service type is deprecated started in 24.2 version: https://docs.pega.com/bundle/platform/page/platform/release-notes/security/whats-new-security-242.html.

Observable Response Discrepancy

Pega Platform XSS via Mashup before 24.2.1
CVE-2025-2161 - April 14, 2025

Pega Platform versions 7.2.1 to Infinity 24.2.1 are affected by an XSS issue with Mashup

Pega Platform XSS in Case Type (8.124.1.2)
CVE-2024-6701 4.8 - Medium - September 12, 2024

Pega Platform versions 8.1 to Infinity 24.1.2 are affected by an XSS issue with case type.

XSS

Pega Platform 6.x-8.8.4: XXE Vulnerability in PDF Gen
CVE-2023-50168 7.7 - High - March 14, 2024

Pega Platform from 6.x to 8.8.4 is affected by an XXE issue with PDF Generation.

XXE

Pega Platform 7.1.7-23.1.1 XSS via user HTML rendering
CVE-2023-50167 6.1 - Medium - March 06, 2024

Pega Platform from 7.1.7 to 23.1.1 is affected by an XSS issue with editing/rendering user html content.

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HTML Injection in Pega Platform 7.1-8.8.3 name field (VBD)
CVE-2023-4843 4.8 - Medium - September 08, 2023

Pega Platform versions 7.1 to 8.8.3 are affected by an HTML Injection issue with a name field utilized in Visual Business Director, however this field can only be modified by an authenticated administrative user.

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Pega Platform <7.3.1 Default Credentials Vulnerability
CVE-2023-32090 9.8 - Critical - August 07, 2023

Pega platform clients who are using versions 6.1 through 7.3.1 may be utilizing default credentials

authentification

Pega Platform v7.4-8.8.x default creds after pre-8.x upgrade
CVE-2023-28094 9.8 - Critical - June 22, 2023

Pega platform clients who are using versions 7.4 through 8.8.x and have upgraded from a version prior to 8.x may be utilizing default credentials.

Pega Platform 7.2-8.8.1 XSS Vulnerability
CVE-2023-26465 6.1 - Medium - June 09, 2023

Pega Platform versions 7.2 to 8.8.1 are affected by an XSS issue.

XSS

Pega Platform 8.5.4-8.7.3 XSS via Unauth User Redirect Param
CVE-2022-35654 6.1 - Medium - August 22, 2022

Pega Platform from 8.5.4 to 8.7.3 is affected by an XSS issue with an unauthenticated user and the redirect parameter.

XSS

Pega Platform 7.3-8.7.3 Datapage XSS Vulnerability
CVE-2022-35655 6.1 - Medium - August 22, 2022

Pega Platform from 7.3 to 8.7.3 is affected by an XSS issue due to a misconfiguration of a datapage setting.

XSS

Pega Platform 8.38.7.3 Auth Admins Can Alter CSRF Settings
CVE-2022-35656 4.5 - Medium - August 22, 2022

Pega Platform from 8.3 to 8.7.3 vulnerability may allow authenticated security administrators to alter CSRF settings directly.

Session Riding

pyActivity in Pega Platform 8.4.0.237 has a security misconfiguration
CVE-2020-15390 9.8 - Critical - April 12, 2021

pyActivity in Pega Platform 8.4.0.237 has a security misconfiguration that leads to an improper access control vulnerability via =GetWebInfo.

Improper Privilege Management

Pega Platform through 8.4.x is affected by Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
CVE-2020-23957 6.1 - Medium - December 15, 2020

Pega Platform through 8.4.x is affected by Cross Site Scripting (XSS) via the ConnectionID parameter, as demonstrated by a pyActivity=Data-TRACERSettings.pzStartTracerSession request to a PRAuth URI.

XSS

Pega Platform before 8.4.0 has a XSS issue
CVE-2020-24353 6.1 - Medium - November 09, 2020

Pega Platform before 8.4.0 has a XSS issue via stream rule parameters used in the request header.

XSS

PEGA Platform 8.3.0 is vulnerable to a direct prweb/sso/random_token/!STANDARD?pyActivity=Data-Admin-DB-Name.DBSchema_ListDatabases request while using a low-privilege account
CVE-2019-16387 8.1 - High - November 26, 2019

PEGA Platform 8.3.0 is vulnerable to a direct prweb/sso/random_token/!STANDARD?pyActivity=Data-Admin-DB-Name.DBSchema_ListDatabases request while using a low-privilege account. (This can perform actions and retrieve data that only an administrator should have access to.) NOTE: The vendor states that this vulnerability was discovered using an administrator account and they are normal administrator functions. Therefore, the claim that the CVE was done with a low privilege account is incorrect

Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere

PEGA Platform 7.x and 8.x is vulnerable to Information disclosure
CVE-2019-16386 4.3 - Medium - November 26, 2019

PEGA Platform 7.x and 8.x is vulnerable to Information disclosure via a direct prweb/sso/random_token/!STANDARD?pyActivity=GetWebInfo&target=popup&pzHarnessID=random_harness_id request to get database schema information while using a low-privilege account. NOTE: The vendor states that this vulnerability was discovered using an administrator account and they are normal administrator functions. Therefore, the claim that the CVE was done with a low privilege account is incorrect

forced browsing

PEGA Platform 8.3.0 is vulnerable to Information disclosure
CVE-2019-16388 4.3 - Medium - November 26, 2019

PEGA Platform 8.3.0 is vulnerable to Information disclosure via a direct prweb/sso/random_token/!STANDARD?pyStream=MyAlerts request to get Audit Log information while using a low-privilege account. NOTE: The vendor states that this vulnerability was discovered using an administrator account and they are normal administrator functions. Therefore, the claim that the CVE was done with a low privilege account is incorrect

forced browsing

An XSS issue was discovered in Designer Studio in Pegasystems Pega Platform 7.1.7, 7.1.8, 7.1.9, 7.1.10, 7.2, 7.2.1, and 7.2.2
CVE-2017-17478 4.8 - Medium - February 27, 2018

An XSS issue was discovered in Designer Studio in Pegasystems Pega Platform 7.1.7, 7.1.8, 7.1.9, 7.1.10, 7.2, 7.2.1, and 7.2.2. A user with developer credentials can insert malicious code (up to 64 characters) into a text field in Designer Studio, after establishing context. Designer Studio is the developer workbench for Pega Platform. That XSS payload will execute when other developers visit the affected pages.

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