F5 Networks BIG-IP : BIG-IP APM XSS vulnerability (K43523962)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 100002

Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.

Description

BIG-IP APM 12.0.0 through 12.1.2 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) injection due to rendering of not escaped/not encoded content of session variables in Access Reports. (CVE-2016-9257)

Solution

Upgrade to one of the non-vulnerable versions listed in the F5 Solution K43523962.

See Also

https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K43523962

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 100002

File Name: f5_bigip_SOL43523962.nasl

Version: 3.9

Type: local

Published: 5/8/2017

Updated: 3/9/2020

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager, cpe:/h:f5:big-ip

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/BIG-IP/hotfix, Host/BIG-IP/modules, Host/BIG-IP/version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/5/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/9/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-9257