PAN-OS: DOM-Based cross site scripting vulnerability in management web interface

Published 6 y ago 2020-05-13 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-17 · JSON

CVSS

8.8

v3.1 · CNA

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

0.8%

percentile 58%

Public exploits

none known

A DOM-Based Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability exists in PAN-OS and Panorama Management Web Interfaces. A remote attacker able to convince an authenticated administrator to click on a crafted link to PAN-OS and Panorama Web Interfaces could execute arbitrary JavaScript code in the administrator's browser and perform administrative actions. This issue affects: PAN-OS 7.1 versions earlier than 7.1.26; PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than 8.1.13; PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than 9.0.6; All versions of PAN-OS 8.0.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.83% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 58% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
CNA	3.1	8.8	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`
CNA	3.1	8.8	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`
NVD	3.1	6.1	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`
NVD	2.0	4.3	`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N`

Affected products

Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS

Classification

Weakness

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

Technology feeds

Palo Alto PAN-OS (RSS, critical only)

References

security.paloaltonetworks.com /CVE-2020-2017 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2020-2017
NVD: CVE-2020-2017

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