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F5 Networks BIG-IP : BIG-IP APM Portal Access vulnerability (K73183618)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 135015

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Synopsis

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

Description

The version of F5 Networks BIG-IP installed on the remote host is prior to 11.6.5.2 / 12.1.5.2 / 14.1.2.5 / 15.0.1.3 / 15.1.0.2 / 16.0.0. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the K73183618 advisory.

 InBIG-IP APM Portal Access, HTTP pages that are served by back-end servers and have special JavaScript code may cause internal name conflicts.(CVE-2020-5853)ImpactBIG-IP APMAn attacker who can controlJavaScript code served by back-end serversmay bypass theclient-side rewriting thatBIG-IP APM Portal Access performs andlaunch a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the F5 Networks BIG-IP security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to one of the non-vulnerable versions listed in the F5 Solution K73183618.

See Also

https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K73183618

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 135015

File Name: f5_bigip_SOL73183618.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Published: 3/31/2020

Updated: 12/11/2024

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.5

Temporal Score: 2.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-5853

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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:/h:f5:big-ip, cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/13/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/14/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-5853