F5 BIG-IP Application Security Manager 'report_type' Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	27462
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2008-0539
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Jan 26 2008 12:00AM
Updated:	May 07 2015 05:33PM
Credit:	nnposter is credited with discovering this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	F5 BIG-IP Application Security Manager 9.4.3
Not Vulnerable:

F5 BIG-IP Application Security Manager 'report_type' Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

F5 BIG-IP Application Security Manager is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because the web management interface fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected device. This may help the attacker steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

This issue affects F5 BIG-IP Application Security Manager 9.4.3; other versions may also be vulnerable.

F5 BIG-IP Application Security Manager 'report_type' Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

An attacker can exploit this issue by enticing an unsuspecting user to follow a malicious URI.

The following proof-of-concept URI is available:

• /data/vulnerabilities/exploits/27462.txt

F5 BIG-IP Application Security Manager 'report_type' Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

F5 BIG-IP Application Security Manager 'report_type' Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• BIG-IP Application Security Manager Homepage (F5)
  
• F5 BIG-IP Web Management ASM Security Report XSS ([email protected])