What is CVE-2016-9149?

CVE-2016-9149 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Paloaltonetworks Pan-Os, classified under CWE-19. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2016-11-19.

How severe is CVE-2016-9149?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Paloaltonetworks Pan-Os

CVE-2016-9149

The Addresses Object parser in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS before 5.0.20, 5.1.x before 5.1.13, 6.0.x before 6.0.15, 6.1.x before 6.1.15, 7.0.x before 7.0.11, and 7.1.x before 7.1.6 mishandles single quote characters, which allows remote authenticated users to conduct XPath injection attacks via a crafted string.

EPSS: 0.020 (79.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Paloaltonetworks Pan-os
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-19

References

cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-9149?: CVE-2016-9149 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Paloaltonetworks Pan-Os, classified under CWE-19. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2016-11-19.
How severe is CVE-2016-9149?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.