High severity · published Sep 9, 2020
CVE-2020-2036
A reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the PAN-OS management web interface
8.8
CVSS
23.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the PAN-OS management web interface. A remote attacker able to convince an administrator with an active authenticated session on the firewall management interface to click on a crafted link to that management web interface could potentially execute arbitrary JavaScript code in the administrator's browser and perform administrative actions. This issue impacts: PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 8.1.16; PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.0.9.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)23.9% · higher than 98% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PA
PAN-OS · Palo Alto Networks
8.1.0 before 8.1.16; 9.0.0 before 9.0.9 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-2036
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-2036
Vendor Advisory
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-2036
More from PAN-OS
10.0
CVE-2024-3400
PAN-OS: Arbitrary File Creation Leads to OS Command Injection Vulnerability in GlobalProtect
10.0
CVE-2020-2021
PAN-OS: Authentication Bypass in SAML Authentication
9.8
CVE-2026-109618
RCE via OOM corruption
9.8
CVE-2026-0300
PAN-OS: Unauthenticated user initiated Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in User-ID™ Authentication Portal
9.8
CVE-2024-0012
PAN-OS: Authentication Bypass in the Management Web Interface (PAN-SA-2024-0015)