What is CVE-2017-0304?

CVE-2017-0304 is a medium-severity vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Advanced Firewall Manager, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2017-12-21.

How severe is CVE-2017-0304?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

SQL Injection in F5 Big-Ip Advanced Firewall Manager

CVE-2017-0304

A SQL injection vulnerability exists in the BIG-IP AFM management UI on versions 12.0.0, 12.1.0, 12.1.1, 12.1.2 and 13.0.0 that may allow a copy of the firewall rules to be tampered with and impact the Configuration Utility until there is a resync of the rules. Traffic processing and the live firewall rules in use are not affected.

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

Published 2017-12-21 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (61.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 61st percentile — 61.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000

Affected products

F5 Big-Ip Advanced Firewall Manager — versions 12.0.0, 12.1.0, 12.1.1
F5 Networks, Inc. Big-Ip Afm — versions 12.0.0, 12.1.0, 12.1.1, 12.1.2, 13.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/102332 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
support.f5.com/csp/article/K39428424 (Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
www.securitytracker.com/id/1040041 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-0304?: CVE-2017-0304 is a medium-severity vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Advanced Firewall Manager, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2017-12-21.
How severe is CVE-2017-0304?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.