Medium [CVE-2022-23031] On BIG-IP FPS, ASM, and Advanced WAF versions 16.1.x before 16.1.1, 15.1.x before 15.1.4, and 14.1.x before 14.1.4.4, an XML…
This medium-severity F5 advisory covers CVE-2022-23031; related products: BIG-IP, Advanced WAF, ASM.
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Summary
On BIG-IP FPS, ASM, and Advanced WAF versions 16.1.x before 16.1.1, 15.1.x before 15.1.4, and 14.1.x before 14.1.4.4, an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability exists in an undisclosed page of the F5 Advanced Web Application Firewall (Advanced WAF) and BIG-IP ASM Traffic Management User Interface (TMUI), also referred to as the Configuration utility, that allows an authenticated high-privileged attacker to read local files and force BIG-IP to send HTTP requests.
Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.
- 16.1.x
- 15.1.x
- 14.1.x
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 3 months ago·verify at source
- 16.1.1
- 15.1.4
- 14.1.4.4
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 3 months ago·verify at source
Mitigation
Upgrade to a fixed release: 16.1.1, 15.1.4, 14.1.4.4. That is the remediation for this advisory.
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Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 3 months ago·verify at source
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