Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-41622

CSRF in F5 Big-Ip Advanced Firewall Manager 13.1.0 – 13.1.5

High EPSSCSRF
Published
07 December 2022
Modified
21 November 2024
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v3.1 8.8
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.92 99.8th percentile
Risk Priority 90 floored blend · peak EPSS

CVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.

Summary

CVE-2022-41622 is a high-severity CSRF (CWE-352) vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Advanced Firewall Manager. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 0.2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary

Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.

CVE-2022-41622 is a cross-site request forgery vulnerability present in all supported versions of F5 BIG-IP and BIG-IQ when iControl SOAP is used. The flaw is tracked under CWE-352 and carries a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8, reflecting network attack vector, low complexity, no required privileges, and required user interaction that can result in high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit the issue by tricking an authenticated administrative user into submitting a malicious request, allowing the attacker to perform arbitrary actions within the victim’s session on the affected BIG-IP or BIG-IQ system.

The vendor advisory K94221585 describes mitigation steps and available updates. The associated EPSS score rose from a low baseline to a peak of 0.8126 on 2025-12-11 before receding to its current value of 0.5977, indicating that exploitation interest increased after public disclosure.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

In all versions,  BIG-IP and BIG-IQ are vulnerable to cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks through iControl SOAP.   Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

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CVE-2025-25123Shared CWE-352
CVE-2023-28989Shared CWE-352
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CVE-2024-27968Shared CWE-352

Affected Assets

f5
big-iq centralized management
7.1.0 · 8.0.0 — 8.2.0
f5
big-ip advanced firewall manager
17.0.0 · 13.1.0 — 13.1.5 · 14.1.0 — 14.1.5 · 15.1.0 — 15.1.8
f5
big-ip analytics
17.0.0 · 13.1.0 — 13.1.5 · 14.1.0 — 14.1.5 · 15.1.0 — 15.1.8
f5
big-ip access policy manager
17.0.0 · 13.1.0 — 13.1.5 · 14.1.0 — 14.1.5 · 15.1.0 — 15.1.8
f5
big-ip application security manager
17.0.0 · 13.1.0 — 13.1.5 · 14.1.0 — 14.1.5 · 15.1.0 — 15.1.8
f5
big-ip domain name system
17.0.0 · 13.1.0 — 13.1.5 · 14.1.0 — 14.1.5 · 15.1.0 — 15.1.8
f5
big-ip fraud protection service
17.0.0 · 13.1.0 — 13.1.5 · 14.1.0 — 14.1.5 · 15.1.0 — 15.1.8
f5
big-ip global traffic manager
17.0.0 · 13.1.0 — 13.1.5 · 14.1.0 — 14.1.5 · 15.1.0 — 15.1.8
f5
big-ip link controller
17.0.0 · 13.1.0 — 13.1.5 · 14.1.0 — 14.1.5 · 15.1.0 — 15.1.8
f5
big-ip local traffic manager
17.0.0 · 13.1.0 — 13.1.5 · 14.1.0 — 14.1.5 · 15.1.0 — 15.1.8
+2 more product configuration(s) — see NVD for full list

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

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Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

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Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

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Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V3.3.2
  • V3.5.1
  • V10.2.1

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.

addresses: CWE-352

Awareness training educates users on avoiding untrusted links and actions that can be exploited via CSRF.

addresses: CWE-352

Requiring user re-entry of credentials for sensitive actions prevents automated forgery of requests without active user participation.

addresses: CWE-352

Security testing regimens explicitly include checks for missing or ineffective anti-CSRF protections in web applications.

addresses: CWE-352

Detects anomalous request patterns consistent with cross-site request forgery.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices directly require anti-CSRF controls such as tokens or SameSite attributes.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

mitigates

By denying access to phishing or malicious sites, the control lowers the likelihood that a user will be tricked into submitting a forged request that performs an unintended action on another site.

References