CVE-2020-1975

8.8 highEPSS 1.0%

High (8.8) in paloaltonetworks pan-os. EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

8.8 high

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

EPSS: 1.0% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 62% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWEs: CWE-611, CWE-112
Published: 2020-02-12
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

paloaltonetworks:pan-os

References

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-1975
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-1975

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