CVE-2020-1975

Missing XML Validation in PAN-OS Web Interface

At a glance

Severity: MEDIUM 6.8
EPSS: EPSS 1.00 % · percentile 63 (2026-10-27)
State: PUBLISHED
Published: 2020-02-12
Updated: 2024-09-16
Assigner: palo_alto
NVD status: Modified

Description

Missing XML validation vulnerability in the PAN-OS web interface on Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software allows authenticated users to inject arbitrary XML that results in privilege escalation. This issue affects PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 8.1.12 and PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.0.6. This issue does not affect PAN-OS 7.1, PAN-OS 8.0, or PAN-OS 9.1 or later versions.

Scores

Version	Score	Vector	Scored by
CVSS 3.1	MEDIUM 6.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	palo_alto
CVSS 3.1	MEDIUM 6.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	NVD · psirt@paloaltonetworks.com (Secondary)
CVSS 3.1	HIGH 8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
CVSS 2.0	MEDIUM 6.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P	NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

Weaknesses (CWE)

European references

ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2020-12765
GCVE · GCVE-0-2020-1975

CERT-FR advisories

CERTFR-2020-AVI-089 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Palo Alto · cert.ssi.gouv.fr

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 8.1.0 < 8.1.12
cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 9.0.0 < 9.0.6

Affected products

Product	Versions
Palo Alto Networks · PAN-OS	unaffected 7.1.* ; unaffected 8.0.* ; affected 8.1 < 8.1.12 ; affected 9.0 < 9.0.6

References

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-1975

Sources

Source	Licence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)	CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)	FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVD	ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)	Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds	Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD