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CVE-2024-5910 kev in the critical feed json

Expedition: Missing Authentication Leads to Admin Account Takeover

published 2y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2024-47042

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Exploited
added 2024-11-07
epss
91.7%
EPSS 91.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.8%
public exploits
2
Metasploit and Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Note: Expedition is a tool aiding in configuration migration, tuning, and enrichment. Configuration secrets, credentials, and other data imported into Expedition is at risk due to this issue.

Patch / fix

cisa required action Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

  • Palo Alto Networks Expedition 1.2.92
  • paloaltonetworks expedition 1.2.92

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Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/linux/http/paloalto_expedition_rce)
  3. Added to CISA KEV
  4. CISA SSVC: exploitation active
  5. CISA patch deadline

Known exploited

Added
2y ago
Patch by
2024-11-28 (last yr.)
Ransomware
Not known
Required action
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Vendor, product
Palo Alto Networks, Expedition
CISA name
Palo Alto Networks Expedition Missing Authentication Vulnerability

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Active, exploited in the wild
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2y ago

Exploit prediction

91.68% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.8% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).

Exploits and checks

  • Metasploit exploit/linux/http/paloalto_expedition_rce Palo Alto Expedition Remote Code Execution (CVE-2024-5910 and CVE-2024-9464) metasploit exploit, excellent rank, 2024-10-09
  • EDB-52129 Palo Alto Networks Expedition 1.2.90.1 - Admin Account Takeover webapps, 2025-04-06
  • horizon3.ai https://www.horizon3.ai/attack-research/palo-alto-expedition-from-n-day-to-full-compromise referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 4.0 9.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L/AU:Y/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Red
CNA 4.0 9.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L/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:X/AU:Y/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Red
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • Palo Alto Networks Expedition
  • paloaltonetworks expedition

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-306 Missing Authentication for Critical Functionality

References

Sources

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