CVE-2016-9257 (GCVE-0-2016-9257)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-05-09 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 02:42
VLAI
Summary
In F5 BIG-IP APM 12.0.0 through 12.1.2, non-authenticated users may be able to inject JavaScript into a request that will then be rendered and executed in the context of the Administrative user when the Administrative user is viewing the Access System Logs, allowing the non-authenticated user to carry out a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) attack against the Administrative user.
Severity
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • Non-authenticated XSS attack against Administrative interface via public interface
Assigner
f5 CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard B 83/100 over 76 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K43523962 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038416 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP APM Affected: 12.0.0 through 12.1.2
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Date Public
2017-05-05 00:00
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