SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2021-23031

On version 16.0.x before 16.0.1.2, 15.1.x before 15.1.3, 14.1.x before 14.1.4.1, 13.1.x before 13.1.4, 12.1.x before 12.1.6, and 11.6.x before 11.6.5.3, an authenticated user may perform a privilege escalation on the BIG-IP Advanced WAF and ASM…

CRITICAL 9.9EPSS 2.07%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.07%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

On version 16.0.x before 16.0.1.2, 15.1.x before 15.1.3, 14.1.x before 14.1.4.1, 13.1.x before 13.1.4, 12.1.x before 12.1.6, and 11.6.x before 11.6.5.3, an authenticated user may perform a privilege escalation on the BIG-IP Advanced WAF and ASM Configuration utility. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

CVSS 3.1
9.9 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
2.07% probability · 80th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-78
Affected
f5/big-ip advanced web application firewall · f5/big-ip application security manager
Source
f5sirt@f5.com

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.