CVE-2020-1975

Missing XML Validation in PAN-OS Web Interface

State: Published
Severity: 6.8 Medium
Published: Feb 12, 2020
Updated: Sep 16, 2024
Reserved: Dec 4, 2019

Description

Missing XML validation vulnerability in the PAN-OS web interface on Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software allows authenticated users to inject arbitrary XML that results in privilege escalation. This issue affects PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 8.1.12 and PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.0.6. This issue does not affect PAN-OS 7.1, PAN-OS 8.0, or PAN-OS 9.1 or later versions.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	6.8 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	palo_alto

Weaknesses

CWE-112 Missing XML Validation

Affected Products

Product	Versions
PAN-OSPalo Alto Networks	7.1.Not affected 8.0.Not affected 8.1 to before 8.1.12Affectedfrom 8.1.12Not affected 9.0 to before 9.0.6Affectedfrom 9.0.6Not affected

References

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-1975

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