CVE-2020-2036

HIGH NUCLEI

PAN-OS 8.1.0-8.1.15 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting in Management Web Interface

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

CVE-2020-2036 has a Nuclei detection template available — see the Nuclei card below for the Shodan/FOFA recon queries.

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.

Nuclei Templates (1)

Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Web Interface - Cross Site-Scripting
HIGHby madrobot,j4vaovo
Shodan: http.favicon.hash:"-631559155" || cpe:"cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os"
FOFA: icon_hash="-631559155"

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-2036

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.2389
EPSS Percentile 97.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-79
Status published
Products (1)
paloaltonetworks/pan-os 8.1.0 - 8.1.16
Published Sep 09, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026