CVE-2016-9257 Cross-site scripting in BIG-IP APM

What is CVE-2016-9257?

CVE-2016-9257 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager, published on 9 May 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

In F5 BIG-IP APM 12.0.0 through 12.1.2, non-authenticated users may be able to inject JavaScript into a request that will then be rendered and executed in the context of the Administrative user when the Administrative user is viewing the Access System Logs, allowing the non-authenticated user to carry out a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) attack against the Administrative user.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-9257?

It affects 1 product.

Products include F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager.

How do I fix CVE-2016-9257?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-9257 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-2016-9257 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-9257 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager

• CVE-2023-46747 F5 BIG-IP Configuration Utility Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-1388 F5 BIG-IP Missing Authentication Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2021-22986 F5 BIG-IP and BIG-IQ Centralized Management iControl REST Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2021-22991 F5 BIG-IP Traffic Management Microkernel Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-5902 F5 BIG-IP Traffic Management User Interface (TMUI) Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-p7v7-rhh4-c276.