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F5 Networks BIG-IP : XML External Entity Injection (XXE) from authenticated source vulnerability (K14138)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 78140

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Synopsis

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

Description

An XML External Entity Injection (XXE) vulnerability exists in a BIG-IP component. This vulnerability may allow a user who is logged in to the BIG-IP Configuration utility to download arbitrary files from the file system.

Solution

Upgrade to one of the non-vulnerable versions listed in the F5 Solution K14138.

See Also

https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K14138

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 78140

File Name: f5_bigip_SOL14138.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: Local

Published: 10/10/2014

Updated: 10/21/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-2997

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 6.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager, cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager, cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_application_visibility_and_reporting, cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_global_traffic_manager, cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_link_controller, cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager, cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_wan_optimization_manager, cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_webaccelerator, cpe:/h:f5:big-ip, cpe:/h:f5:big-ip_protocol_security_manager

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: 1/21/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/21/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-2997

BID: 57496