CVE-2016-2219Medium

CVE-2016-2219 Cross-site scripting vulnerability

Published
June 27, 2016
Last Modified
June 27, 2016

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

📋 Description

A cross-site scripting vulnerability exists in the web interface whereby data provided by the user is stored without sanitization. (Ref 90635) (CVE-2016-2219). This issue affects the management interface of the device, where an authenticated administrator may be tricked into injecting malicious javascript into the web interface. This issue affects PAN-OS 7.0.1 to PAN-OS 7.0.7

🎯 Affected products1

  • PAN-OS

✅ Remediation

PAN-OS 7.0.8 and later Workarounds and mitigations: This issue is available only to authenticated users on the web interface. Palo Alto Networks recommends implementing best practices, only allowing management access to a restricted set of IP address, and dedicating management of the device to the management interface only.

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