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TITLE:
F5 BIG-IP Application Security Manager "report_type" Cross-Site
Scripting

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA28655

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/28655/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Cross Site Scripting

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
BIG-IP Application Security Manager 9.x
http://secunia.com/product/17352/

DESCRIPTION:
nnposter has reported a vulnerability in F5 BIG-IP Application
Security Manager, which can be exploited by malicious people to
conduct cross-site scripting attacks.

Input passed to the "report_type" parameter in
"dms/policy/rep_request.php" is not properly sanitised before being
returned to the user. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML
and script code in a user's browser session in context of an affected
site.

The vulnerability is reported in version 9.4.3. Other versions may
also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Filter malicious characters and character sequences using a web
proxy.

Do not browse untrusted websites or follow untrusted links while
logged on to the management interface.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
nnposter

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2008/Jan/0380.html

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