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CVE-2018-5521

N/A
Published: June 1, 2018 at 02:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:00 AM UTC
25 products affected across 2 vendorsBig IP Access Policy ManagerBig IP Application Security ManagerBig IP Advanced Firewall Manager

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.9%

Description

On F5 BIG-IP 12.1.0-12.1.3.1, 11.6.1-11.6.3.1, 11.5.1-11.5.5, or 11.2.1, carefully crafted URLs can be used to reflect arbitrary content into GeoIP lookup responses, potentially exposing clients to XSS.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Big IP Access Policy Manager· F5
95%
11.5.1 ≤ v ≤ 11.5.511.6.1 ≤ v ≤ 11.6.312.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 12.1.311.2.1
Big IP Advanced Firewall Manager· F5
95%
11.5.1 ≤ v ≤ 11.5.511.6.1 ≤ v ≤ 11.6.312.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 12.1.311.2.1
Big IP Analytics· F5
95%
11.5.1 ≤ v ≤ 11.5.511.6.1 ≤ v ≤ 11.6.312.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 12.1.311.2.1
Big IP Application Acceleration Manager· F5
95%
11.5.1 ≤ v ≤ 11.5.511.6.1 ≤ v ≤ 11.6.312.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 12.1.311.2.1
Big IP Application Security Manager· F5
95%
11.5.1 ≤ v ≤ 11.5.511.6.1 ≤ v ≤ 11.6.312.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 12.1.311.2.1
Big IP Domain Name System· F5
95%
11.5.1 ≤ v ≤ 11.5.511.6.1 ≤ v ≤ 11.6.312.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 12.1.311.2.1
Big IP Edge Gateway· F5
95%
11.5.1 ≤ v ≤ 11.5.511.6.1 ≤ v ≤ 11.6.312.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 12.1.311.2.1
Big IP Global Traffic Manager· F5
95%
11.5.1 ≤ v ≤ 11.5.511.6.1 ≤ v ≤ 11.6.312.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 12.1.311.2.1
Big IP Link Controller· F5
95%
11.5.1 ≤ v ≤ 11.5.511.6.1 ≤ v ≤ 11.6.312.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 12.1.311.2.1
Big IP Local Traffic Manager· F5
95%
11.5.1 ≤ v ≤ 11.5.511.6.1 ≤ v ≤ 11.6.312.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 12.1.311.2.111.5.1-11.5.511.6.1-11.6.3.112.1.0-12.1.3.1

Remediation

No guide yet

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Patch and advisory references

References (2)

VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041021
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K23124150

CVSS

4.3MEDIUM[email protected]
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-79

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