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[SA39798] Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS "role" Script Insertion Vulnerability

From: Secunia Security Advisories (sec-advsecunia.com)
Date: Tue May 18 2010 - 16:57:35 CDT

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TITLE:
Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS "role" Script Insertion Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA39798

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/39798/

DESCRIPTION:
Jeromie Jackson has reported a vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks
PAN-OS, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct script
insertion attacks.

Input passed via the "role" parameter to esp/editUser.esp while
editing a user profile is not properly sanitised before being used.
This can be exploited to insert arbitrary HTML and script code, which
will be executed in a user's browser session in context of an affected
device when the malicious data is being viewed.

SOLUTION:
The vulnerability is reportedly fixed in versions 3.1.1 and 3.0.9.
Please contact the vendor for details.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Jeromie Jackson

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.jeromiejackson.com/index.php/component/content/article/83-palo-alto-cross-site-scripting-vulnerability

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