CVE-2020-1975Medium

CVE-2020-1975 Missing XML Validation in PAN-OS Web Interface

Published
February 12, 2020
Last Modified
February 12, 2020

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2020-1975 →

📋 Description

Missing XML validation vulnerability in the PAN-OS web interface on Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software allows authenticated users to inject arbitrary XML that results in privilege escalation. This issue affects PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 8.1.12 and PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.0.6. This issue does not affect PAN-OS 7.1, PAN-OS 8.0, or PAN-OS 9.1 or later versions.

🎯 Affected products1

  • PAN-OS

✅ Remediation

This issue is fixed in PAN-OS 8.1.12, PAN-OS 9.0.6, and all later versions. Workarounds and mitigations: This issue affects the web-based management interface of the appliance. Access to the web-based management interface of the appliance should be limited strictly to only trusted users, hosts, and networks.

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