CVE-2022-28695

HIGH
7.2
CVSS Score
Published: May 5, 2022 at 04:34 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:38 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorBig IP Advanced Firewall Manager

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Severity
HIGH7.2
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.9%

Description

On F5 BIG-IP AFM 16.1.x versions prior to 16.1.2.2, 15.1.x versions prior to 15.1.5.1, 14.1.x versions prior to 14.1.4.6, and 13.1.x versions prior to 13.1.5, an authenticated attacker with high privileges can upload a maliciously crafted file to the BIG-IP AFM Configuration utility, which allows an attacker to run arbitrary commands. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated

Affected

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

Vendor states this is fixed in 11.6.x (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 12.1.x (unaffected)
Affected range stops below 13.1.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 14.1.4.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 15.1.5.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 16.1.2.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Vendor states this is fixed in 17.0.0 (unaffected)

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (1)

CVSS

7.2HIGHf5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20NVD-CWE-noinfo

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