SB2020082809 - Cross-site request forgery in F5 BIG-IP ASM



SB2020082809 - Cross-site request forgery in F5 BIG-IP ASM

Published: August 28, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2020082809
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Cross-site request forgery (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-5928)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site request forgery attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of the HTTP request origin in the BIG-IP ASM Configuration utility. A remote authenticated attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted web page and perform arbitrary actions on behalf of the victim on the vulnerable website, such as be reused multiple times.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.