PAN-SA-2015-0003 Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability

Palo Alto Networks Security Advisories / PAN-SA-2015-0003

PAN-SA-2015-0003 Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability

Severity 5.7 · MEDIUM

Attack Vector NETWORK

Scope UNCHANGED

Attack Complexity HIGH

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Privileges Required HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

User Interaction REQUIRED

Availability Impact NONE

JSON CSAF

Published 2015-05-14

Updated 2015-05-14

Reference 73638, PAN-SA-2015-0003

Discovered externally

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# 73638)

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 6.1.2 and earlier; PAN-OS 6.0.8 and earlier; PAN-OS 5.0.15 and earlier

Product Status

Versions	Affected	Unaffected
PAN-OS 6.1	<= 6.1.2	>= 6.1.3
PAN-OS 6.0	<= 6.0.8	>= 6.0.9
PAN-OS 5.0	<= 5.0.15	>= 5.0.16

Severity: MEDIUM

CVSSv3.1 Base Score: 5.7 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N)

Weakness Type

CWE-79 Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

Solution

PAN-OS 6.1.3; PAN-OS 6.0.9; PAN-OS 5.0.16

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, and Liad Mizrachi from Check Point Security Research Team; and Mohamed Keffous, Sogeti for discovering and reporting this issue.