Stored cross-site scripting in Palo Alto PAN-OS - CVE-2023-6789
Published: December 13, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU84411
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 4.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-6789
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote user to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. A remote administrator can permanently inject and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
Affected software
Palo Alto PAN-OS
RUGGEDCOM APE1808
RUGGEDCOM APE1808
How to mitigate CVE-2023-6789
Install updates from vendor's website.
Palo Alto PAN-OS - addressed in versions 8.1.26, 9.0.17-h4, 9.1.17, 10.1.11, 10.2.5, 11.0.2