ID

VAR-201207-0123


CVE

CVE-2012-4043


TITLE

plural Palo Alto Networks Product Vulnerable to cross-site scripting

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sources: JVNDB: JVNDB-2012-003417

DESCRIPTION

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in global-protect/login.esp in Palo Alto Networks Global Protect Portal, Global Protect Gateway, and SSL VPN portals 3.1.x through 3.1.11 and 4.0.x through 4.0.5 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the inputStr parameter in a Login action. An attacker may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This may let the attacker steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks

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sources: NVD: CVE-2012-4043 // JVNDB: JVNDB-2012-003417 // BID: 54607 // VULHUB: VHN-57324

AFFECTED PRODUCTS

vendor:palo altomodel:global protected gatewayscope:eqversion:4.0

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vendor:palo altomodel:networksscope:eqversion:global_protect_portal

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vendor:palo altomodel:ssl vpnscope:eqversion:4.0

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vendor:palo altomodel:global protected gatewayscope:eqversion:4.0.5

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vendor:palo altomodel:global protected gatewayscope:eqversion:3.1

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vendor:palo altomodel:global protected gatewayscope:eqversion:3.1.11

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vendor:palo altomodel:ssl vpnscope:eqversion:3.1.11

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vendor:palo altomodel:ssl vpnscope:eqversion:4.0.5

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vendor:palo altomodel:ssl vpnscope:eqversion:3.1

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vendor:palo altomodel:networksscope:eqversion:global_protect_portal 3.1.x to 3.1.11

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vendor:palo altomodel:networksscope:eqversion:global_protect_portal 4.0.x to 4.0.5

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vendor:palo altomodel:networks globalprotectscope:eqversion:3.1.x to 3.1.11

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vendor:palo altomodel:networks globalprotectscope:eqversion:4.0.x to 4.0.5

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vendor:palo altomodel:ssl vpn portalscope:eqversion:3.1.x to 3.1.11

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vendor:palo altomodel:ssl vpn portalscope:eqversion:4.0.x to 4.0.5

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sources: JVNDB: JVNDB-2012-003417 // CNNVD: CNNVD-201207-553 // NVD: CVE-2012-4043

CVSS

SEVERITY

CVSSV2

CVSSV3

nvd@nist.gov: CVE-2012-4043
value: MEDIUM

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NVD: CVE-2012-4043
value: MEDIUM

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CNNVD: CNNVD-201207-553
value: MEDIUM

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VULHUB: VHN-57324
value: MEDIUM

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nvd@nist.gov: CVE-2012-4043
severity: MEDIUM
baseScore: 4.3
vectorString: AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
accessVector: NETWORK
accessComplexity: MEDIUM
authentication: NONE
confidentialityImpact: NONE
integrityImpact: PARTIAL
availabilityImpact: NONE
exploitabilityScore: 8.6
impactScore: 2.9
acInsufInfo: NONE
obtainAllPrivilege: NONE
obtainUserPrivilege: NONE
obtainOtherPrivilege: NONE
userInteractionRequired: NONE
version: 2.0

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VULHUB: VHN-57324
severity: MEDIUM
baseScore: 4.3
vectorString: AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
accessVector: NETWORK
accessComplexity: MEDIUM
authentication: NONE
confidentialityImpact: NONE
integrityImpact: PARTIAL
availabilityImpact: NONE
exploitabilityScore: 8.6
impactScore: 2.9
acInsufInfo: NONE
obtainAllPrivilege: NONE
obtainUserPrivilege: NONE
obtainOtherPrivilege: NONE
userInteractionRequired: NONE
version: 2.0

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sources: VULHUB: VHN-57324 // JVNDB: JVNDB-2012-003417 // CNNVD: CNNVD-201207-553 // NVD: CVE-2012-4043

PROBLEMTYPE DATA

problemtype:CWE-79

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sources: VULHUB: VHN-57324 // JVNDB: JVNDB-2012-003417 // NVD: CVE-2012-4043

THREAT TYPE

remote

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sources: CNNVD: CNNVD-201207-553

TYPE

XSS

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sources: CNNVD: CNNVD-201207-553

CONFIGURATIONS

sources: JVNDB: JVNDB-2012-003417

PATCH

title:Top Pageurl:http://www.paloaltonetworks.com/

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sources: JVNDB: JVNDB-2012-003417

EXTERNAL IDS

db:NVDid:CVE-2012-4043

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db:OSVDBid:83896

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db:JVNDBid:JVNDB-2012-003417

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db:CNNVDid:CNNVD-201207-553

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db:NSFOCUSid:20155

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db:BIDid:54607

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db:VULHUBid:VHN-57324

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sources: VULHUB: VHN-57324 // BID: 54607 // JVNDB: JVNDB-2012-003417 // CNNVD: CNNVD-201207-553 // NVD: CVE-2012-4043

REFERENCES

url:http://blog.abhisek.me/2012/06/xss-on-palo-alto-networks-global.html

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url:http://www.osvdb.org/83896

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url:http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=cve-2012-4043

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url:http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnid=cve-2012-4043

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url:http://www.nsfocus.net/vulndb/20155

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sources: VULHUB: VHN-57324 // JVNDB: JVNDB-2012-003417 // CNNVD: CNNVD-201207-553 // NVD: CVE-2012-4043

CREDITS

Abhisek Das

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sources: BID: 54607

SOURCES

db:VULHUBid:VHN-57324
db:BIDid:54607
db:JVNDBid:JVNDB-2012-003417
db:CNNVDid:CNNVD-201207-553
db:NVDid:CVE-2012-4043

LAST UPDATE DATE

2025-04-11T23:14:50.433000+00:00


SOURCES UPDATE DATE

db:VULHUBid:VHN-57324date:2012-07-27T00:00:00
db:BIDid:54607date:2015-03-19T09:32:00
db:JVNDBid:JVNDB-2012-003417date:2012-07-30T00:00:00
db:CNNVDid:CNNVD-201207-553date:2012-07-27T00:00:00
db:NVDid:CVE-2012-4043date:2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

SOURCES RELEASE DATE

db:VULHUBid:VHN-57324date:2012-07-26T00:00:00
db:BIDid:54607date:2012-06-27T00:00:00
db:JVNDBid:JVNDB-2012-003417date:2012-07-30T00:00:00
db:CNNVDid:CNNVD-201207-553date:2012-07-27T00:00:00
db:NVDid:CVE-2012-4043date:2012-07-26T19:55:04.183