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F5 Networks ASM appliance contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability

Vulnerability Note VU#143395

Original Release Date: 2012-09-10 | Last Revised: 2012-09-10

Overview

F5 Networks ASM appliance versions 10.0.0 through 11.2.0 HF2 are susceptible to a cross-site scripting vulnerability in the traffic overview page.

Description

A cross-site scripting (XSS) (CWE-79) vulnerability exists in the traffic overview page. By sending several malicious requests, an attacker may be able to have the requests propagate to the summary listings page where proper sanitization is not performed.

Impact

An attacker may be able to execute arbitrary script in the context of an authenticated user's session.

Solution

Apply an Update

Vendor patches (Portal authentication required) are available for supported versions.

Vendor Information

143395
 

CVSS Metrics

Group Score Vector
Base 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Temporal 3.4 E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C
Environmental 3.4 CDP:ND/TD:ND/CR:ND/IR:ND/AR:ND

References

Acknowledgements

Thanks to F5 Networks for reporting this vulnerability.

This document was written by Jared Allar.

Other Information

CVE IDs: CVE-2012-2975
Date Public: 2012-09-10
Date First Published: 2012-09-10
Date Last Updated: 2012-09-10 16:46 UTC
Document Revision: 17

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