Medium severity · published Jan 25, 2022
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 External Entity (XXE) vulnerability exists in an…
4.9
CVSS
0.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.8% · higher than 57% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
BA
Big-ip Advanced Web Application Firewall · F5
14.1.0 through 14.1.4; 15.1.0 through 15.1.3; 16.0.0 through 16.1.0 · source: NVD
BA
Big-ip Application Security Manager · F5
14.1.0 through 14.1.4; 15.1.0 through 15.1.3; 16.0.0 through 16.1.0 · source: NVD
BF
Big-ip Fraud Protection Service · F5
14.1.0 through 14.1.4; 15.1.0 through 15.1.3; 16.0.0 through 16.1.0 · source: NVD
Affected product
BA
Big-ip Advanced Web Application Firewall
F5
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23031
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-23031
Mitigation
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K61112120
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