What is CVE-2019-6599?

CVE-2019-6599 is a medium-severity vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-03-13.

How severe is CVE-2019-6599?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager

CVE-2019-6599

In BIG-IP 11.6.1-11.6.3.2 or 11.5.1-11.5.8, or Enterprise Manager 3.1.1, improper escaping of values in an undisclosed page of the configuration utility may result with an improper handling on the JSON response when it is injected by a malicious script via a remote cross-site scripting (XSS) attack.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.008 (53.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

F5 Big-ip_access_policy_manager
F5 Networks, Inc. Big-ip Apm; Enterprise Manager — versions 11.6.1-11.6.3.2, 11.5.1-11.5.8, EM 3.1.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

f5sirt@f5.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
f5sirt@f5.com (Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-6599?: CVE-2019-6599 is a medium-severity vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-03-13.
How severe is CVE-2019-6599?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.