Is CVE-2020-1975 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2020-1975 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2020-1975?

CVE-2020-1975 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.8 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2020-1975?

CVE-2020-1975 has an EPSS score of 1.00% (58th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2020-1975?

Upgrade pan-os to 9.0.6 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-1975

MEDIUM

6.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Missing XML validation vulnerability in the PAN-OS web interface on Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software allows authenticated users to inject arbitrary XML that results in privilege escalation. This issue affects PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 8.1.12 and PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.0.6. This issue does not affect PAN-OS 7.1, PAN-OS 8.0, or PAN-OS 9.1 or later versions.

CWE-112 CWE-611XML External Entity (XXE)

How to fix

Remediation Available

pan-osNVD

Affected:>= 9.0.0, < 9.0.6Fixed in:9.0.6CVE-2020-1975derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredHigh

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

1.00%probability of exploitation in 30 days

58thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 58% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

security.paloaltonetworks.com

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.