CVE-2014-3764 Cross-site scripting vulnerability

Palo Alto Networks Security Advisories / CVE-2014-3764

CVE-2014-3764 Cross-site scripting vulnerability

Severity 4.3 · MEDIUM

Attack Vector NETWORK

Scope UNCHANGED

Attack Complexity LOW

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Privileges Required NONE

Integrity Impact LOW

User Interaction REQUIRED

Availability Impact NONE

CVE JSON CSAF

Published 2014-12-22

Updated 2014-12-22

Reference 64563, PAN-SA-2014-0007

Description

A cross-site scripting vulnerability exists in the web-based device management interface whereby data provided by the user is echoed back to the user without sanitization. (Ref # 64563). This vulnerability has been assigned CVE-2014-3764.

This issue affects the management interface of the device, where an authenticated administrator may be tricked into injecting malicious javascript into the web UI interface.

This issue affects PAN-OS version 6.0.5 and earlier; 5.1.9 and earlier; 5.0.14 and earlier.

Product Status

Versions	Affected	Unaffected
PAN-OS 6.0	<= 6.0.5	>= 6.0.6
PAN-OS 5.1	<= 5.1.9	>= 5.1.10
PAN-OS 5.0	<= 5.0.14	>= 5.0.15

Severity: MEDIUM

CVSSv3.1 Base Score: 4.3 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

Weakness Type

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

Solution

PAN-OS 6.0.6; PAN-OS 5.0.15; PAN-OS 5.1.10

Workarounds and Mitigations

This issue affects the management interface of the device. Security appliance management best practices dictate that the management interface be isolated and strictly limited only to security administration personnel.

Acknowledgments

Palo Alto Networks thanks Avi Gimpel & Oded Vanunu, Check Point Security Research Team for discovering and reporting the issue.