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FKIE_CVE-2023-6789

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2023-12-13 19:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 06:51

Severity

4.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
4.8 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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.

References

	URL	Tags
	psirt@paloaltonetworks.com	https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2023-6789	Vendor Advisory
	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2023-6789	Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Version
paloaltonetworks	pan-os	*
paloaltonetworks	pan-os	*
paloaltonetworks	pan-os	*
paloaltonetworks	pan-os	*
paloaltonetworks	pan-os	*
paloaltonetworks	pan-os	*

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CVE-2023-6789 (GCVE-0-2023-6789)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-12-13 18:26 – Updated: 2024-08-02 08:42

Title

PAN-OS: Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability in the Web Interface

Summary

Severity

4.3 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

CWE

CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Assigner

palo_alto mitre root

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2023-6789

Impacted products

3 products

Vendor	Product	Version
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)
Palo Alto Networks	Prisma Access	Unaffected: All
Palo Alto Networks	Cloud NGFW	Unaffected: All

Date Public

2023-12-13 17:00

Credits

Palo Alto Networks thanks Md Sameull Islam of Beetles Cyber Security LTD, Kajetan Rostojek, and an external reporter for discovering and reporting this issue.

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Sightings

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