F5 Networks BIG-IP : BIG-IP APM XSS vulnerability (K31424926)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 122433

Synopsis

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

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM) 11.5.x and 11.6.x Admin Web UI. (CVE-2019-6595)

Impact

A remote attacker may be able to access the BIG-IP APM logon page and inject arbitrary web script or HTML to launch a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack.

Solution

Upgrade to one of the non-vulnerable versions listed in the F5 Solution K31424926.

See Also

https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K31424926

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 122433

File Name: f5_bigip_SOL31424926.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Published: 2/26/2019

Updated: 11/3/2023

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 Score Source: CVE-2019-6595

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: 2/25/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/26/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-6595