Palo Alto PAN-OS 5.0.9/5.1.4 Device Management Reflected cross site scripting

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Palo Alto PAN-OS 5.0.9/5.1.4. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Device Management Handler. This manipulation causes cross site scripting (Reflected). It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Palo Alto PAN-OS 5.0.9/5.1.4 (Firewall Software). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Device Management Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability (Reflected). The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-80. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special characters such as "<", ">", and "&" that could be interpreted as web-scripting elements when they are sent to a downstream component that processes web pages. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was shared 01/29/2014 by Anton Ziukin with Check Point Vulnerability Research Team as Ref # 59010 as not defined advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityadvisories.paloaltonetworks.com. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The successful exploitation needs a single authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 5.0.10 or 5.1.5 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at OSVDB (102739†). The entry VDB-12233 is related to this item. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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• Firewall Software

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• Palo Alto

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• PAN-OS

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• 5.0.9
• 5.1.4

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• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/

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