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CVE-2017-16878

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-01-10 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Captive Portal function in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS before 8.0.7 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by leveraging an unspecified configuration.

Affected products

• Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS: before 8.0.7 — fixed in 8.0.7

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS 8.0.7. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040148
• https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2017-16878
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040148
• https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2017-16878

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