Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in PAN-OS Management Web Interface

A Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in a PAN-OS web interface administration page. (Ref. # PAN-93242; CVE-2018-9337)
Successful exploitation of this issue may allow an attacker to inject arbitrary JavaScript or HTML An attacker would need to successfully authenticate prior to exploiting this issue.
This issue affects PAN-OS 6.1.20 and earlier, PAN-OS 7.1.17 and earlier, PAN-OS 8.0.10 and earlier, and PAN-OS 8.1.1 and earlier

Work around:
This issue affects the web-based management interface of PAN-OS and is strongly mitigated by following best practices for securing the PAN-OS management interface. Our best practices guidelines reduce the exposure of the management interface to potential attackers. Please review the Best Practices for Securing Administrative Access in the PAN-OS 8.1 technical documentation, available at:https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/documentation/81/pan-os/pan-os/getting-started/best-practices-for-securing-administrative-access.