THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2018-5511
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2018-5511

Big Ip Local Traffic Manager vulnerability

CVSS
7.2
EPSS
14.8%
EPSS pct
96th
Exploited
No known
On F5 BIG-IP 13.1.0-13.1.0.3 or 13.0.0, when authenticated administrative users execute commands in the Traffic Management User Interface (TMUI), also referred to as the BIG-IP Configuration utility, restrictions on allowed commands may not be enforced.
Affected vendor
F5
Affected product
Big Ip Local Traffic Manager
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2018-04-13

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring high privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 14.8% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2018-5511

  • Confirm whether F5 Big Ip Local Traffic Manager is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2018-5511.
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