Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-28406

Medium

Published: 03 May 2023

Published
03 May 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0061 70.1th percentile
Risk Priority 9 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-28406 is a medium-severity Path Traversal (CWE-22) vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager. Its CVSS base score is 4.3 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked in the top 29.9% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

A directory traversal vulnerability exists in an undisclosed page of the BIG-IP Configuration utility which may allow an authenticated attacker to read files with .xml extension. Access to restricted information is limited and the attacker does not control what information…

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is obtained. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

f5
big-ip access policy manager
13.1.0 — 13.1.5 · 14.1.0 — 14.1.5.4 · 15.1.0 — 15.1.8.2
f5
big-ip advanced firewall manager
13.1.0 — 13.1.5 · 14.1.0 — 14.1.5.4 · 15.1.0 — 15.1.8.2
f5
big-ip advanced web application firewall
13.1.0 — 13.1.5 · 14.1.0 — 14.1.5.4 · 15.1.0 — 15.1.8.2
f5
big-ip analytics
13.1.0 — 13.1.5 · 14.1.0 — 14.1.5.4 · 15.1.0 — 15.1.8.2
f5
big-ip application acceleration manager
13.1.0 — 13.1.5 · 14.1.0 — 14.1.5.4 · 15.1.0 — 15.1.8.2
f5
big-ip application security manager
13.1.0 — 13.1.5 · 14.1.0 — 14.1.5.4 · 15.1.0 — 15.1.8.2
f5
big-ip application visibility and reporting
13.1.0 — 13.1.5 · 14.1.0 — 14.1.5.4 · 15.1.0 — 15.1.8.2
f5
big-ip carrier-grade nat
13.1.0 — 13.1.5 · 14.1.0 — 14.1.5.4 · 15.1.0 — 15.1.8.2
f5
big-ip ddos hybrid defender
13.1.0 — 13.1.5 · 14.1.0 — 14.1.5.4 · 15.1.0 — 15.1.8.2
f5
big-ip domain name system
13.1.0 — 13.1.5 · 14.1.0 — 14.1.5.4 · 15.1.0 — 15.1.8.2
+9 more product configuration(s) — see NVD for full list

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-22

Validates pathnames and filenames to prevent traversal outside intended directories.

References