MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2008-0265

Tmos vulnerability

CVSS
4.3
EPSS
3.5%
EPSS pct
88th
Exploited
No known
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Search function in the web management interface in F5 BIG-IP 9.4.3 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the SearchString parameter to (1) list_system.jsp, (2) list_pktfilter.jsp, (3) list_ltm.jsp, (4) resources_audit.jsp, and (5) list_asm.jsp in tmui/Control/jspmap/tmui/system/log/; and (6) list.jsp in certain directories.
Affected vendor
F5
Affected product
Tmos
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-79 — Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Published
2008-01-15

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 3.5% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 88% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2008-0265

  • Confirm whether F5 Tmos is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2008-0265.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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