CVE-2016-9257

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-05-09 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

In F5 BIG-IP APM 12.0.0 through 12.1.2, non-authenticated users may be able to inject JavaScript into a request that will then be rendered and executed in the context of the Administrative user when the Administrative user is viewing the Access System Logs, allowing the non-authenticated user to carry out a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) attack against the Administrative user.

Affected products

F5 BIG-IP APM: 12.0.0, 12.1.0, 12.1.1, 12.1.2

References

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038416
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K43523962
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038416
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K43523962

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