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CVE-2023-46748

F5 BIG-IP Configuration Utility SQL Injection Vulnerability

KEVHIGH 8.8EPSS 4.47%

Does this matter?

Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 21 November 2023). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.

Description

An authenticated SQL injection vulnerability exists in the BIG-IP Configuration utility which may allow an authenticated attacker with network access to the Configuration utility through the BIG-IP management port and/or self IP addresses to execute arbitrary system commands.  Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated

CVSS 3.1
8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
4.47% probability · 91th percentile
CISA KEV
Listed 31 October 2023 · due 21 November 2023
Weakness
CWE-89
Affected
f5/big-ip access policy manager · f5/big-ip advanced firewall manager · f5/big-ip carrier-grade nat · f5/big-ip ddos hybrid defender · f5/big-ip ssl orchestrator · f5/big-ip local traffic manager · f5/big-ip policy enforcement manager · f5/big-ip automation toolchain · f5/big-ip container ingress services · f5/big-ip advanced web application firewall · f5/big-ip domain name system · f5/big-ip application security manager · f5/big-ip analytics · f5/big-ip application acceleration manager · f5/big-ip application visibility and reporting · f5/big-ip fraud protection services · f5/big-ip global traffic manager · f5/big-ip link controller · f5/big-ip webaccelerator · f5/big-ip websafe
Source
f5sirt@f5.com

CISA notes

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000137365 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-46748

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