CVE-2008-0539 Cross-site scripting in n/a

What is CVE-2008-0539?

CVE-2008-0539 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Application Security Manager, published on 1 Feb 2008. It can be exploited over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in dms/policy/rep_request.php in F5 BIG-IP Application Security Manager (ASM) 9.4.3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the report_type parameter.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-0539?

It affects 1 product.

Products include F5 Big-Ip Application Security Manager.

How do I fix CVE-2008-0539?

No fix has been published for CVE-2008-0539 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2008-0539 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2008-0539 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Other vulnerabilities in F5 Big-Ip Application Security Manager

• CVE-2019-6665 Other in BIG-IP ASM Critical 9.4
• CVE-2019-6650 Information disclosure in BIG-IP ASM Critical 9.1
• CVE-2025-24326 BIG-IP Advanced WAF/ASM BADoS vulnerability High 8.9
• CVE-2025-55669 BIG-IP HTTP/2 vulnerability High 8.7
• CVE-2009-4420 Memory corruption in n/a High 7.8

All F5 Big-Ip Application Security Manager vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-p7q3-5c52-xg2j.