CVE-2024-5920 - CVE House

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Status published Medium CVE-2024-5920

PAN-OS: Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability in PAN-OS Enables Impersonation of a Legitimate Administrator

4.6 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software enables an authenticated read-write Panorama administrator to push a specially crafted configuration to a PAN-OS node. This enables impersonation of a legitimate PAN-OS administrator who can perform restricted actions on the PAN-OS node after the execution of JavaScript in the legitimate PAN-OS administrator's browser.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

Kajetan Rostojek

References

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2024-5920

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Affected Vendor

Palo Alto Networks

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Affected Software

Cloud NGFW, PAN-OS, Prisma Access

Vulnerable Versions:

All, 11.2.0, 11.1.0, 11.0.0, 10.2.0, 10.1.0

Timeline

Official Publish: November 14th, 2024

Last Modified: April 30th, 2025

Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1189 Drive-by Compromise

T1059.007 JavaScript

T1539 Steal Web Session Cookie

T1213 Data from Information Repositories

T1567 Exfiltration Over Web Service

T1491.001 Defacement