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CVE-2015-4162

14
FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-4162 describes an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability found in the management interface of Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS versions prior to 5.0.16, 6.0.8, and 6.1.4. This flaw allows remote authenticated administrators to extract sensitive information by submitting specially crafted XML data. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.0, indicating a low severity, as it requires authentication and only impacts confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 5.0.15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:6.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:6.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
8.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.03%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
60.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0103 is in the 73rd percentile among its peer group of 21,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

security.paloaltonetworks.com / CVE-2015-4162
securityfocus.com / bid/74941