Cross-site request forgery in BIG-IP ASM - CVE-2020-5928
Published: August 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU46121
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 4.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-5928
CWE-ID: CWE-352
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site request forgery attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of the HTTP request origin in the BIG-IP ASM Configuration utility. A remote authenticated attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted web page and perform arbitrary actions on behalf of the victim on the vulnerable website, such as be reused multiple times.
Affected software
BIG-IP ASM
How to mitigate CVE-2020-5928
Install update from vendor's website.
BIG-IP ASM - addressed in versions 12.1.5.2, 14.1.2.7, 15.0.1.4, 15.1.0.5, 16.0.0