Raw vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:N/AU:N/R:U/V:C/RE:M/U:AmberSummary
CVE-2025-0137 is a medium-severity Improper Neutralization of Script in Attributes in a Web Page (CWE-83) vulnerability in Paloaltonetworks (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 4.8 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Content Injection (T1659); ranked at the 31th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SI-10 (Information Input Validation) and SI-15 (Information Output Filtering) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-14905
Vulnerability Data
An improper input neutralization vulnerability in the management web interface of the Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS® software enables a malicious authenticated read-write administrator to impersonate another legitimate authenticated PAN-OS administrator. The attacker must have network access to the management web…
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interface to exploit this issue. You greatly reduce the risk of this issue by restricting access to the management web interface to only trusted internal IP addresses according to our recommended critical deployment guidelines https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/community-blogs/tips-amp-tricks-how-to-secure-the-management-access-of-your-palo/ba-p/464431 .
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Mitigating Controls
Control response
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Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Input validation can reject or sanitize dangerous javascript: URIs and event-handler attributes before they reach rendered pages.
Output filtering directly neutralizes script content in HTML attributes, stopping the exact injection vector described by the CWE.
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Secure SDLC practices directly require output encoding and attribute neutralization to prevent this class of XSS.
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Secure coding standards require proper escaping of untrusted data in HTML attributes, directly eliminating CWE-83.
Security testing in development catches attribute-injection flaws before release but does not itself implement the fix.
Secure SDLC mandates input validation and output encoding that directly prevents script injection in HTML attributes.
Application security requirements explicitly call for controls against injection flaws including attribute-based script injection.
Secure architecture principles reduce attack surface but do not prescribe the specific neutralization techniques needed.