{"id":"CVE-2014-2928","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2014-2928","generatedAt":"2026-11-05T07:06:34.848Z","title":"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…","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.","published":"2014-05-12T14:55:07.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:07:22.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cret@cert.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":7.1,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C"},"cwe":[],"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"],"epss":{"score":0.40053,"percentile":0.98636,"date":"2026-11-04","history":[{"date":"2026-09-20","score":0.40053,"percentile":0.98565}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2014-10-09","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":34927,"kind":"exploit","title":"F5 iControl - Remote Command Execution (Metasploit)","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34927","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/unix/remote/34927.rb","file":"exploits/unix/remote/34927.rb","published":"2014-10-09","added":"2014-10-09","updated":"2016-12-04","author":"Metasploit","type":"remote","platform":"unix","port":443,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2014-2928","OSVDB-106728"],"tags":"Metasploit Framework (MSF)","aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/May/32","source":"cret@cert.org"},{"url":"http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/15000/200/sol15220.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cret@cert.org"},{"url":"http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34927","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"cret@cert.org"},{"url":"http://www.osvdb.org/106728","source":"cret@cert.org"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/May/32","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/15000/200/sol15220.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34927","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.osvdb.org/106728","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-2928","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}