CVE-2022-41622
iControl SOAP vulnerability
Exploitation likely. EPSS gives it a 92% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. A vendor fix is available.
What to do
The vendor has published a fix. Version details are below where the sources state them.
What it is
From the CVE record
In all versions, BIG-IP and BIG-IQ are vulnerable to cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks through iControl SOAP. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.
In plain language
No plain-language summary for this CVE yet.
Exploitation
Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.
- CISA KEV
Not in the catalog. CISA has not confirmed exploitation.
- Public exploits
No public exploit or proof of concept found in the sources we track.
- EPSS
92% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 99th percentile of scored CVEs.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.
Lifecycle
8 events over 1356 days, from the signal feeds we watch.
- EPSS band changehigh → criticalepss band change
- OpenVAS check added
- Patch availablerecord updated
- Publishedweakness classified, att&ck mapped
Affected products
- BIG-IPNetworking Infrastructure / router-switch
- BIG-IQ Centralized ManagementNetworking Infrastructure / network-management
- big-ip advanced firewall managerNetworking Infrastructure / firewall
- big-ip analyticsNetworking Infrastructure / network-management
- big-ip access policy managerNetworking Infrastructure / firewall
- big-ip application security managerNetworking Infrastructure / firewall
- big-ip domain name systemNetworking Infrastructure / dns-dhcp-ntp
- big-ip fraud protection serviceNetworking Infrastructure
- BIG-IQ Centralized ManagementNetworking Infrastructure / network-management
- BIG-IP Access Policy ManagerNetworking Infrastructure / firewall
- BIG-IP Advanced Firewall ManagerSecurity Products
- BIG-IP AnalyticsNetworking Infrastructure / network-management
- BIG-IP Application Acceleration ManagerNetworking Infrastructure / load-balancer-proxy
- BIG-IP Fraud Protection ServiceNetworking Infrastructure / firewall
- BIG-IP Global Traffic ManagerNetworking Infrastructure / load-balancer-proxy
- BIG-IP Link ControllerNetworking Infrastructure / router-switch
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Technical detail
CVSS 3.1 vector
Open in the CVSS calculatorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Scored 8.8 by NVD.
How it is reached
- Attack Vector NetworkExploitable remotely over the network without any special conditions
- Attack Complexity LowNo special conditions — the attack can be reliably reproduced
- Privileges Required NoneNo authentication required — anyone can exploit this
- User Interaction RequiredA user must click a link, open a file, or perform some action
Scope
- Scope UnchangedImpact is limited to the vulnerable component itself
Impact if exploited
- Confidentiality HighTotal information disclosure — all data in the component is compromised
- Integrity HighTotal loss of integrity — attacker can modify any data in the component
- Availability HighTotal denial of service — the component is completely unavailable
Weaknesses
ATT&CK techniques
Mapped from the weaknesses above (CWE to ATT&CK), not observed in attacks.
- Initial AccessT1189Drive-by Compromisemedium confidence
Sources
References in the record
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