CVE-2021-22983
Published: 12 February 2021
Summary
CVE-2021-22983 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Advanced Firewall Manager. Its CVSS base score is 5.4 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 45.1th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-10101
Vulnerability details
On BIG-IP AFM version 15.1.x before 15.1.1, 14.1.x before 14.1.3.1, and 13.1.x before 13.1.3.5, authenticated users accessing the Configuration utility for AFM are vulnerable to a cross-site scripting attack if they attempt to access a maliciously-crafted URL. Note: Software versions…
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which have reached End of Software Development (EoSD) are not evaluated.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.
Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.
Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.