{"document":{"category":"csaf_vex","csaf_version":"2.1","notes":[{"category":"summary","text":"Palo Alto Networks PSIRT provided VEX document. This document is autogenerated.","title":"Cross Site Scripting in PAN-OS Captive Portal"}],"publisher":{"category":"vendor","name":"Palo Alto Networks","namespace":"https://security.paloaltonetworks.com"},"title":"Palo Alto Networks PSIRT provided VEX document: CVE-2017-16878","distribution":{"text":"Copyright © 2024 Palo Alto Networks. All rights reserved.","tlp":{"label":"CLEAR","url":"https://www.first.org/tlp/"}},"tracking":{"current_release_date":"2026-04-08T08:09:27.215Z","generator":{"date":"2026-04-08T08:09:27.215Z","engine":{"name":"Vulnogram","version":"0.0.9"}},"id":"CVE-2017-16878","initial_release_date":"2018-01-02T18:09:00.000Z","revision_history":[{"number":"1","date":"2026-04-08T01:09:27.000Z","summary":"Initial release"}],"status":"final","version":"1"}},"product_tree":{"branches":[{"name":"Palo Alto Networks","category":"vendor","branches":[]}]},"vulnerabilities":[{"cve":"CVE-2017-16878","product_status":{"fixed":["PANW-PAN-OS-396"],"known_affected":["PANW-PAN-OS-395"]},"notes":[{"category":"description","text":"A vulnerability exists in PAN-OS Captive Portal that could allow for a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack to be performed against clients viewing the captive portal page when configured in a certain way. (Ref # PAN-85238  / CVE-2017-16878)\nSuccessful exploitation of this issue may allow an attacker to inject arbitrary javascript or HTML.\nThis issue affects PAN-OS 8.0.6-h3 and earlier."}],"references":[{"category":"external","summary":"NVD - CVE-2017-16878","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16878"},{"category":"self","summary":"Palo Alto Networks Security Advisory CVE-2017-16878","url":"https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2017-16878"}],"threats":[{"category":"impact","description":"A vulnerability exists in PAN-OS Captive Portal that could allow for a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack to be performed against clients viewing the captive portal page when configured in a certain way. (Ref # PAN-85238  / CVE-2017-16878)\nSuccessful exploitation of this issue may allow an attacker to inject arbitrary javascript or HTML.\nThis issue affects PAN-OS 8.0.6-h3 and earlier."}],"scores":[{"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","attackVector":"NETWORK","attackComplexity":"LOW","privilegesRequired":"NONE","userInteraction":"REQUIRED","scope":"CHANGED","confidentialityImpact":"LOW","integrityImpact":"LOW","availabilityImpact":"NONE","baseScore":6.1,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM"},"products":["PANW-PAN-OS-395"]}]}]}