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Exploited in the wild Confirmed confidence In CISA KEV

CVE-2024-5910

Expedition: Missing Authentication Leads to Admin Account Takeover

Palo Alto Networks / Expedition · affected before 1.2.92

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Severity
CVSS 9.3 · Critical
Confidence
Confirmed
Exploit status
Exploited in the wild
EPSS
91.7%
First observed
—
Last observed
—

Decision summary

What security teams need to know first

Direct answers before the deeper technical record.

What it is

CVE-2024-5910 is an unauthenticated Expedition: Missing Authentication Leads to Admin Account Takeover. Missing authentication for a critical function in Palo Alto Networks Expedition can lead to an Expedition admin...

Is it exploited?

Yes. Previdian tracks this CVE as a known exploited vulnerability. Confidence is confirmed. Listed in CISA KEV. Also confirmed by third-party sources.

Who is affected?

Palo Alto Networks / Expedition affected before 1.2.92.

What should we do?

Prioritize remediation. Validate affected assets and apply vendor fixes on an accelerated timeline.

Overview

Expedition: Missing Authentication Leads to Admin Account Takeover

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.

paloaltonetworks Affected
expedition
Before 1.2.92
Palo Alto Networks Affected
Expedition
Before 1.2.92
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Published
10 Jul 2024
Exploitation Reported
07 Nov 2024
Attack vector
Remote
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None

Tags

edge metasploit nuclei_scanner nessus_scanner cisa

CVE References

Exploitation evidence

Why Previdian marks this CVE as exploited

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Exploited in the wild

CISA

Recorded 07 Nov 2024

A trusted third party reported exploitation.

Proof of concept available

Nuclei Templates

Recorded 12 Jun 2026

Public scanner or PoC coverage increases practical exploitability.

Known exploited vulnerability sources

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Source Added
CISA First 2024-11-07 00:00 UTC
The Shadowserver 2026-07-02 00:00 UTC

Detection

Operational artifacts and observed signals

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Observed signals

Request targets
User-Agents
Callback hosts
0
0
0

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Virtual patch status

No Previdian virtual patch is currently available. Future rules ship for ModSecurity, Cloudflare, and AWS WAF.

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Scanner Artifacts

Scanner and exploit-framework references linked to this CVE.

Scanner Reference Detected
Metasploit https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/http/paloalto_expedition_rce.rb 28 Apr 2025
Nuclei https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2024/CVE-2024-5910.yaml 25 Apr 2025
Nessus https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/210954 14 Nov 2024

Risk and context

Severity, weaknesses, and research context

CVSS v4.0

9.3 Critical

Potential damage if exploited. Separate from whether attackers are using it.

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

EPSS

91.7%

Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Previdian's warning comes from evidence, not this score.

Weaknesses

Missing Authentication for Critical Function CWE-306

All CVSS Scores

CVSS v4.0 9.3 Critical

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

CVSS v3.1 9.8 Critical

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Potential Proof of Concepts

These PoCs are unverified and could contain malware. Use at your own risk.

Palo Alto Expedition - Admin Account Takeover

nuclei · Created Unknown

Timeline

From disclosure to observed exploitation

  1. 00:00 UTC

    KEV confirmed by The Shadowserver

    Exploitation attested by an external source

  2. 14:20 UTC

    Public PoC available

    Public proof-of-concept code published

  3. 15:02 UTC

    Metasploit module available

    Exploit module available

  4. 00:00 UTC

    Nuclei template available

    Scanner coverage available

  5. 22:03 UTC

    Nessus plugin available

    Scanner coverage available

  6. 00:00 UTC

    Added to CISA KEV

    Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

  7. 18:39 UTC

    CVE published

    Vulnerability disclosed publicly

  8. 15:27 UTC

    CVE ID reserved

    Identifier reserved by the CNA

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  "confidence": "Confirmed",
  "cvss_score": 9.3,
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