Data Handling in Palo Alto PAN-OS - CVE-2016-9149
Published: November 19, 2016 / Updated: July 18, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU31451
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-9149
CWE-ID: CWE-19
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to manipulate data.
The Addresses Object parser in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS before 5.0.20, 5.1.x before 5.1.13, 6.0.x before 6.0.15, 6.1.x before 6.1.15, 7.0.x before 7.0.11, and 7.1.x before 7.1.6 mishandles single quote characters, which allows remote authenticated users to conduct XPath injection attacks via a crafted string.
Affected software
Palo Alto PAN-OS
How to mitigate CVE-2016-9149
Install update from vendor's website.
Palo Alto PAN-OS - update to 7.1.6