CVE-2023-6789 (GCVE-0-2023-6789)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-12-13 18:26 – Updated: 2024-08-02 08:42
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
PAN-OS: Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability in the Web Interface
Summary
A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software enables a malicious authenticated read-write administrator to store a JavaScript payload using the web interface. Then, when viewed by a properly authenticated administrator, the JavaScript payload executes and disguises all associated actions as performed by that unsuspecting authenticated administrator.
Severity
4.3 (Medium)
CWE
- CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
3 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palo Alto Networks | PAN-OS |
Affected:
8.1 , < 8.1.26
(custom)
Affected: 9.0 , < 9.0.17-h4 (custom) Affected: 9.1 , < 9.1.17 (custom) Affected: 10.0 , ≤ All (custom) Affected: 10.1 , < 10.1.11 (custom) Affected: 10.2 , < 10.2.5 (custom) Affected: 11.0 , < 11.0.2 (custom) Unaffected: 11.1 , < All (custom) |
guessed | |
| Palo Alto Networks | Prisma Access |
Unaffected:
All
|
guessed | |
| Palo Alto Networks | Cloud NGFW |
Unaffected:
All
|
guessed |
Date Public
2023-12-13 17:00
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The MITRE ATT&CK techniques below are AI-generated suggestions, inferred from the description of the
vulnerability by the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-classification-roberta-base
model, served locally by ML-Gateway.
They have not been verified by an analyst and are provided for guidance only.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
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Related by attack behaviour
Vulnerabilities whose description is nearest to this one in the vector space of the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-biencoder model. This is a similarity search over the bi-encoder space (plain cosine), not a classification, and it has no measured accuracy.
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