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Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS 10.2.x < 10.2.8 / 11.0.x < 11.0.3 Vulnerability

high Nessus Plugin ID 238289

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Synopsis

The remote PAN-OS host is affected by a vulnerability

Description

The version of Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS running on the remote host is 10.2.x prior to 10.2.8 or 11.0.x prior to 11.0.3.
It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability.

 A command injection vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS enables an authenticated administrative user to perform actions as the root user.

 The attacker must have network access to the management web interface and successfully authenticate to exploit this issue.

 Cloud NGFW and Prisma Access are not impacted by this vulnerability.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the PAN-OS security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to PAN-OS 10.2.8 / 11.0.3 or later

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 238289

File Name: palo_alto_CVE-2025-4231.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: combined

Published: 6/12/2025

Updated: 6/13/2025

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-4231

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Threat Score: 4

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os

Required KB Items: Settings/ParanoidReport, Host/Palo_Alto/Firewall/Version, Host/Palo_Alto/Firewall/Full_Version, Host/Palo_Alto/Firewall/Source

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/11/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/11/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-4231

CWE: 77

IAVA: 2025-A-0431