F5 BIG-IP ASM Web Scraping Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	48579
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Jun 29 2011 12:00AM
Updated:	Jun 29 2011 12:00AM
Credit:	Reported by the vendor
Vulnerable:	F5 BIG-IP Application Security Manager 10.2.2 F5 BIG-IP Application Security Manager 10.2 F5 BIG-IP Application Security Manager 10.1
Not Vulnerable:

F5 BIG-IP ASM Web Scraping Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

BIG-IP ASM is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied data.

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

This issue affects BIG-IP ASM versions 10.1.0 through 10.2.2.

F5 BIG-IP ASM Web Scraping Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

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

F5 BIG-IP ASM Web Scraping Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

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

F5 BIG-IP ASM Web Scraping Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• BIG-IP® Product Family (F%)
  
• sol12953: A Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the BIG-IP ASM W (F5)