Palo Alto Cloud NGFW/PAN-OS/Prisma Access Web Interface cross site scripting

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A vulnerability was found in Palo Alto Cloud NGFW, PAN-OS and Prisma Access. It has been rated as problematic. This impacts an unknown function of the component Web Interface. This manipulation causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2025-0125. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability was found in Palo Alto Cloud NGFW, PAN-OS and Prisma Access (version unknown). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component Web Interface. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-83. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes "javascript:" or other URIs from dangerous attributes within tags, such as onmouseover, onload, onerror, or style. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

An improper input neutralization vulnerability in the management web interface of the Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS® software enables a malicious authenticated read-write administrator to impersonate another legitimate authenticated PAN-OS administrator. The attacker must have network access to the management web interface to exploit this issue. You greatly reduce the risk of this issue by restricting access to the management web interface to only trusted internal IP addresses according to our recommended critical deployment guidelines https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/community-blogs/tips-amp-tricks-how-to-secure-the-management-access-of-your-palo/ba-p/464431 . This issue does not affect Cloud NGFW and all Prisma® Access instances.

The weakness was presented by Razvan Ilisanu and Matei Badanoiu with Visa Cybersecurity team. It is possible to read the advisory at security.paloaltonetworks.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-0125 since 12/21/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are necessary for exploitation. 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 pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/11/2025). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Firewall Software

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• Palo Alto

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• Cloud NGFW
• PAN-OS
• Prisma Access

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• commercial

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

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