A vulnerability was found in F5 BIG-IP and Enterprise Manager (Firewall Software) (unknown version). It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown code block of the component Configuration Utility. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

In BIG-IP 11.6.1-11.6.3.2 or 11.5.1-11.5.8, or Enterprise Manager 3.1.1, improper escaping of values in an undisclosed page of the configuration utility may result with an improper handling on the JSON response when it is injected by a malicious script via a remote cross-site scripting (XSS) attack.

The bug was discovered 03/22/2019. The weakness was presented 03/13/2019 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.f5.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2019-6599 since 01/22/2019. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The requirement for exploitation is a authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/01/2023). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

See 131702 and 131701 for similar entries.

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• BIG-IP
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