THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2021-22988
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2021-22988

Big Ip Access Policy Manager vulnerability

CVSS
8.8
EPSS
10.4%
EPSS pct
95th
Exploited
No known
On BIG-IP versions 16.0.x before 16.0.1.1, 15.1.x before 15.1.2.1, 14.1.x before 14.1.4, 13.1.x before 13.1.3.6, 12.1.x before 12.1.5.3, and 11.6.x before 11.6.5.3, TMUI, also referred to as the Configuration utility, has an authenticated remote command execution vulnerability in undisclosed pages. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Software Development (EoSD) are not evaluated.
Affected vendor
F5
Affected product
Big Ip Access Policy Manager
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2021-03-31

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 10.4% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 95% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2021-22988

  • Confirm whether F5 Big Ip Access Policy Manager is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2021-22988.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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