CVE-2024-5920

PAN-OS: Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability in PAN-OS Enables Impersonation of a Legitimate Administrator

State: Published
Severity: 4.6 Medium
Published: Nov 14, 2024
Updated: Apr 30, 2025
Reserved: Jun 12, 2024

Description

A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software enables an authenticated read-write Panorama administrator to push a specially crafted configuration to a PAN-OS node. This enables impersonation of a legitimate PAN-OS administrator who can perform restricted actions on the PAN-OS node after the execution of JavaScript in the legitimate PAN-OS administrator's browser.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
4.0	4.6 Medium	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/AU:N/R:U/V:C/RE:M/U:Amber	palo_alto

Weaknesses

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Cloud NGFWPalo Alto Networks	AllNot affected
PAN-OSPalo Alto Networks	11.2.0Not affected 11.1.0 to before 11.1.4Affectedfrom 11.1.4Not affected 11.0.0 to before 11.0.6Affectedfrom 11.0.6Not affected 10.2.0 to before 10.2.7-h24Affectedfrom 10.2.11Not affectedfrom 10.2.10-h14Not affectedfrom 10.2.7-h24Not affected 10.1.0 to before 10.1.14Affectedfrom 10.1.14Not affected
Prisma AccessPalo Alto Networks	AllNot affected

References

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2024-5920vendor-advisory

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