Vulnerability CVE-2021-22978
Published: 2021-02-12

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.

Type:

CWE-79

 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting'))

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
2.6/10
2.9/10
4.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
High
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
None
Affected software
F5 -> Big-ip access policy manager 
F5 -> Big-ip advanced firewall manager 
F5 -> Big-ip advanced web application firewall 
F5 -> Big-ip analytics 
F5 -> Big-ip application acceleration manager 
F5 -> Big-ip application security manager 
F5 -> Big-ip ddos hybrid defender 
F5 -> Big-ip domain name system 
F5 -> Big-ip fraud protection service 
F5 -> Big-ip global traffic manager 
F5 -> Big-ip link controller 
F5 -> Big-ip local traffic manager 
F5 -> Big-ip policy enforcement manager 
F5 -> Big-ip ssl orchestrator 

 References:
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K87502622
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