F5 BIG-IP Web Management Interface Console HTML Injection Vulnerability

BID:28151

Info

F5 BIG-IP Web Management Interface Console HTML Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 28151
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2008-0539
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Mar 08 2008 12:00AM
Updated: May 07 2015 05:32PM
Credit: nnposter is credited with discovering this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: F5 BIG-IP Application Security Manager 9.4.3
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

F5 BIG-IP Web Management Interface Console HTML Injection Vulnerability

F5 BIG-IP Web Management Interface is prone to a HTML-injection 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.

The vulnerability affects F5 BIG-IP 9.4.3; other versions may be also affected.

Exploit / POC

F5 BIG-IP Web Management Interface Console HTML Injection Vulnerability

An attacker can exploit the issue by submitting a malicious HTTP GET request containing hostile HTML and script code that will be logged by the device.

Solution / Fix

F5 BIG-IP Web Management Interface Console HTML Injection 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].

References

F5 BIG-IP Web Management Interface Console HTML Injection Vulnerability

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