CVE-2021-22978 — Cross-site Scripting in F5 Big-ip Access Policy Manager

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting4 documents4 sources
Severity
8.3HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.8%
top 25.55%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
14
F5 Big-ip Access Policy ManagerF5 Big-ip Advanced Firewall ManagerF5 Big-ip Advanced WEB Application Firewall+11 more
Timeline
PublishedFeb 12
Latest updateMay 24

Description

On BIG-IP version 16.0.x before 16.0.1, 15.1.x before 15.1.1, 14.1.x before 14.1.3.1, 13.1.x before 13.1.3.5, and all 12.1.x and 11.6.x versions, undisclosed endpoints in iControl REST allow for a reflected XSS attack, which could lead to a complete compromise of BIG-IP if the victim user is granted the admin role. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Software Development (EoSD) are not evaluated.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.6 | Impact: 6.0

Affected Packages15 packages

▶NVDf5/big-ip_analytics13.1.0 — 13.1.3.5+5
▶NVDf5/big-ip_link_controller13.1.0 — 13.1.3.5+5
▶NVDf5/big-ip_ssl_orchestrator13.1.0 — 13.1.3.5+5
▶NVDf5/big-ip_domain_name_system13.1.0 — 13.1.3.5+5
▶NVDf5/big-ip_ddos_hybrid_defender13.1.0 — 13.1.3.5+5

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-q853-h2cq-3f42: On BIG-IP version 16↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
CVE-2021-22978: On BIG-IP version 16↗2021-02-12
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
F5
CVE-2021-22978: On BIG-IP version 16↗2021-02-12
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CVE-2021-22978 — Cross-site Scripting in F5 | cvebase