CVE-2020-2036

HIGHNuclei

PAN-OS: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in management web interface

Title source: CVE List
STIX 2.1 vulnerability

Record summary

CVE-2020-2036 has a selected CVSS score of 8.8 (high); EIP currently links 1 Nuclei template.

Description

A reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the PAN-OS management web interface. A remote attacker able to convince an administrator with an active authenticated session on the firewall management interface to click on a crafted link to that management web interface could potentially execute arbitrary JavaScript code in the administrator's browser and perform administrative actions. This issue impacts: PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 8.1.16; PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.0.9.

Description source: CVE List

Exploitation context

Available material

Nuclei templates
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Affected products and versions

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ProductSourceVersion range

PAN-OS

Browse Palo Alto Networks / PAN-OS
CVE List9.0 to < 9.0.9affected
9.1.0 to < 9.1*unaffected
8.1 to < 8.1.16affected
10.0.0 to < 10.0*unaffected

Nuclei templates

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ProjectDiscoveryHIGHPalo Alto Networks PAN-OS Web Interface - Cross Site-ScriptingCVSS 8.8

PAN-OS management web interface is vulnerable to reflected cross-site scripting. A remote attacker able to convince an administrator with an active authenticated session on the firewall management interface to click on a crafted link to that management web interface could potentially execute arbitrary JavaScript code in the administrator's browser and perform administrative actions. This issue impacts: PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 8.1.16; PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.0.9.

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary script code in the context of the targeted user's browser, potentially leading to session hijacking, defacement, or theft of sensitive information.

Remediation

Apply the latest security patches or updates provided by Palo Alto Networks to mitigate this vulnerability.

WeaknessesCWE-79
Authorsmadrobot, j4vaovo
Template tagscve2020cvevpnxsspaloaltonetworksvuln
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CPE: cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Shodan: http.favicon.hash:"-631559155"
Shodan: cpe:"cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os"
FOFA: icon_hash="-631559155"
https://swarm.ptsecurity.com/swarm-of-palo-alto-pan-os-vulnerabilities/ https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-2036 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-2036 https://github.com/404notf0und/CVE-Flow https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates

Source: ProjectDiscovery

References

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