FKIE_CVE-2021-3052

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2021-09-08 17:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 04:04
Severity
8.0 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
5.4 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Summary
A reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Palo Alto Network PAN-OS web interface enables an authenticated network-based attacker to mislead another authenticated PAN-OS administrator to click on a specially crafted link that performs arbitrary actions in the PAN-OS web interface as the targeted authenticated administrator. This issue impacts: PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than 8.1.20; PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than 9.0.14; PAN-OS 9.1 versions earlier than 9.1.10; PAN-OS 10.0 versions earlier than 10.0.2. This issue does not affect Prisma Access.
References
psirt@paloaltonetworks.comhttps://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2021-3052Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2021-3052Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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      "value": "Una vulnerabilidad de tipo cross-site scripting (XSS) reflejado en la interfaz web de PAN-OS de Palo Alto Network permite a un atacante autenticado basado en la red enga\u00f1ar a otro administrador autenticado de PAN-OS para que haga clic en un enlace especialmente dise\u00f1ado que realice acciones arbitrarias en la interfaz web de PAN-OS como el administrador autenticado objetivo. Este problema afecta a: PAN-OS versi\u00f3n 8.1 anteriores a  8.1.20; PAN-OS versi\u00f3n 9.0 anteriores a 9.0.14; PAN-OS versi\u00f3n 9.1 anteriores a 9.1.10; PAN-OS versi\u00f3n 10.0 anteriores a 10.0.2. Este problema no afecta a Prisma Access"
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T04:04:38.397",
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