CVE-2008-0539

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 7.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-02-01 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in dms/policy/rep_request.php in F5 BIG-IP Application Security Manager (ASM) 9.4.3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the report_type parameter.

Affected products

BIG-IP ASM: from 9.2.0 before 9.2.5; from 9.4.0 before 9.4.4; 9.3.0 — fixed in 9.2.5, 9.4.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: BIG-IP ASM 9.2.5, 9.4.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/28655
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3602
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487118/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489290/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27462
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28151
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019276
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0301
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39979
http://secunia.com/advisories/28655
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3602
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487118/100/0/threaded

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