SB2021031119 - Cross-site scripting in BIG-IP Advanced WAF and ASM
Published: March 11, 2021
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) DOM-based cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-22993)
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in the BIG-IP ASM DoS Profile properties page. A remote attacker can inject a malicious script into the BIG-IP Advanced WAF and ASM Configuration utility and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.