CVE-2014-2928
The iControl API in F5 BIG-IP LTM, APM, ASM, GTM, Link Controller, and PSM 10.0.0 through 10.2.4 and 11.0.0 through 11.5.1, BIG-IP AAM 11.4.0 through 11.5.1, BIG-IP AFM and PEM 11.3.0 through 11.5.1, BIG-IP Analytics 11.0.0 through 11.5.1, BIG-IP Edge…
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 40.1%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
The iControl API in F5 BIG-IP LTM, APM, ASM, GTM, Link Controller, and PSM 10.0.0 through 10.2.4 and 11.0.0 through 11.5.1, BIG-IP AAM 11.4.0 through 11.5.1, BIG-IP AFM and PEM 11.3.0 through 11.5.1, BIG-IP Analytics 11.0.0 through 11.5.1, BIG-IP Edge Gateway, WebAccelerator, WOM 10.1.0 through 10.2.4 and 11.0.0 through 11.3.0, Enterprise Manager 2.1.0 through 2.3.0 and 3.0.0 through 3.1.1, and BIG-IQ Cloud, Device, and Security 4.0.0 through 4.3.0 allows remote administrators to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the hostname element in a SOAP request.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.1 HIGHAV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 40.05% probability · 99th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 9 October 2014
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- f5/big-ip webaccelerator · f5/big-ip local traffic manager · f5/big-ip protocol security module · f5/big-ip link controller · f5/big-ip application security manager · f5/big-ip global traffic manager · f5/big-ip wan optimization manager · f5/big-ip access policy manager · f5/big-ip edge gateway
- Source
- cret@cert.org
EPSS moved from 40.1% on 20 September 2026 to 40.1% on 4 November 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/May/32
- http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/15000/200/sol15220.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34927Exploit
- http://www.osvdb.org/106728
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/May/32
- http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/15000/200/sol15220.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34927Exploit
- http://www.osvdb.org/106728
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.