What is CVE-2021-23040?

CVE-2021-23040 is a high-severity vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Advanced Firewall Manager, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2021-09-14.

How severe is CVE-2021-23040?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

SQL Injection in F5 Big-Ip Advanced Firewall Manager

CVE-2021-23040

On BIG-IP AFM version 16.0.x before 16.0.1.2, 15.1.x before 15.1.3, 14.1.x before 14.1.4.2, 13.1.x before 13.1.4.1, and all versions of 12.1.x, a SQL injection vulnerability exists in an undisclosed page of the BIG-IP Configuration utility. This issue is exposed only when BIG-IP AFM is provisioned. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

EPSS: 0.010 (59.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

F5 Big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager
N/a Big-ip Afm — versions 16.0.x before 16.0.1.2, 15.1.x before 15.1.3, 14.1.x before 14.1.4.2, 13.1.x before 13.1.4.1, and all versions of 12.1.x

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

References

f5sirt@f5.com (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-23040?: CVE-2021-23040 is a high-severity vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Advanced Firewall Manager, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2021-09-14.
How severe is CVE-2021-23040?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.