CVE-2017-16878 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Captive Portal function in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS before 8.0.7 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by leveraging an unspecified configuration.

Published: 2018-01-10

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: 1.1% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-8050	Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Captive Portal function in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS before 8.0.7 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by leveraging an unspecified configuration.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01122.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040148
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2017-16878

History

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Subscriptions

Paloaltonetworks Pan-os

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2018-01-10T18:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T20:35:21.249Z

Reserved: 2017-11-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-16878

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-01-10T18:29:01.133

Modified: 2026-06-17T01:10:04.640

Link: CVE-2017-16878

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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

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