CVE-2024-5910

CRITICAL KEV NUCLEI

Palo Alto Expedition Remote Code Execution (CVE-2024-5910 and CVE-2024-9464)

Title source: metasploit
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

CVE-2024-5910 is actively exploited and listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, added November 7, 2024. EIP tracks 2 public exploits from researchers including ByteHunter, Michael Heinzl, Zach Hanley, Enrique Castillo, Brian Hysell, including a Metasploit module exploits/linux/http/paloalto_expedition_rce. A Nuclei detection template is also available.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit targets Palo Alto Networks Expedition versions 1.2 to 1.2.90.1 by sending a GET request to '/OS/startup/restore/restoreAdmin.php' to reset the admin password to 'paloalto'. It is a simple, reliable authentication bypass exploit.

Description

Missing authentication for a critical function in Palo Alto Networks Expedition can lead to an Expedition admin account takeover for attackers with network access to Expedition. Note: Expedition is a tool aiding in configuration migration, tuning, and enrichment. Configuration secrets, credentials, and other data imported into Expedition is at risk due to this issue.

Exploits (2)

exploitdb WORKING POC
by ByteHunter · pythonwebappsmultiple
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/52129

This exploit targets Palo Alto Networks Expedition versions 1.2 to 1.2.90.1 by sending a GET request to '/OS/startup/restore/restoreAdmin.php' to reset the admin password to 'paloalto'. It is a simple, reliable authentication bypass exploit.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Auth Bypass
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Palo Alto Networks Expedition 1.2 < 1.2.92
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to the target · Expedition service running on the target
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →
metasploit WORKING POC EXCELLENT
by Michael Heinzl, Zach Hanley, Enrique Castillo, Brian Hysell · rubypoc
https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/http/paloalto_expedition_rce.rb

This Metasploit module exploits CVE-2024-5910 (admin password reset) and CVE-2024-9464 (authenticated OS command injection) in Palo Alto Expedition. It first resets the admin password if no credentials are provided, then leverages an authenticated command injection in the 'start_time' parameter of the CronJobs.php endpoint to achieve RCE.

Classification
Working Poc 100%
Attack Type
Rce
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Palo Alto Expedition <= 1.2.91
Auth required
Prerequisites: network access to the target · default or reset admin credentials
devstral-2 · analyzed Apr 23, 2026 Full analysis →

Nuclei Templates (1)

Palo Alto Expedition - Admin Account Takeover
CRITICALVERIFIEDby johnk3r
Shodan: http.favicon.hash:1499876150

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.9103
EPSS Percentile 99.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation active
Automatable yes
Technical Impact total

Details

CISA KEV 2024-11-07
VulnCheck KEV 2024-11-07
InTheWild.io 2024-11-07
ENISA EUVD EUVD-2024-47042
CWE
CWE-306
Status published
Products (1)
paloaltonetworks/expedition 1.2.0 - 1.2.92
Published Jul 10, 2024
KEV Added Nov 07, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026