BIG-IP Configuration utility XSS vulnerability
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 24/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.31% (FIRST EPSS).
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. A user must open a link or visit a page. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.
- Mentioned 1 time in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).
Low priority for now. Update when a fix is released; follow the vendor's advisory.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
A reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exist in undisclosed page of the BIG-IP Configuration utility that allows an attacker to run JavaScript in the context of the currently logged-in user. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated
- Published
- May 8, 2024
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.3% · 22th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-79
Report tools
Action score
24
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 24 / 40 · 6.1 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.3%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
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- CNA · f5
- 6.1
- NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
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- Not in KEV: no record of exploitation in the wild
- No public exploit code on record
- No fixed version yet
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Is your version affected?
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| f5 | big-ip access policy manager | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager |
| f5 | big-ip advanced firewall manager | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager |
| f5 | big-ip advanced web application firewall | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_advanced_web_application_firewall |
| f5 | big-ip analytics | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_analytics |
| f5 | big-ip application acceleration manager | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager |
| f5 | big-ip application security manager | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager |
| f5 | big-ip application visibility and reporting | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_visibility_and_reporting |
| f5 | big-ip automation toolchain | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_automation_toolchain |
| f5 | big-ip carrier-grade nat | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_carrier-grade_nat |
| f5 | big-ip container ingress services | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_container_ingress_services |
| f5 | big-ip ddos hybrid defender | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_ddos_hybrid_defender |
| f5 | big-ip domain name system | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_domain_name_system |
and 9 more
Limit the impact of XSS
This is a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. A well-configured Content-Security-Policy doesn't fix it, but greatly reduces its impact. Check your site's CSP and other security headers for free.
Check security headersAffected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- f5 big-ip access policy manager15.1.0 and later · before 15.1.10.4
- f5 big-ip access policy manager16.1.0 and later · before 16.1.4.3
- f5 big-ip access policy manager17.1.0 and later · before 17.1.1.3
- f5 big-ip advanced firewall manager16.1.0 and later · before 16.1.4.3
- f5 big-ip advanced firewall manager17.1.0 and later · before 17.1.1.3
- f5 big-ip advanced firewall manager15.1.0 and later · before 15.1.10.4
- f5 big-ip advanced web application firewall16.1.0 and later · before 16.1.4.3
- f5 big-ip advanced web application firewall15.1.0 and later · before 15.1.10.4
- f5 big-ip advanced web application firewall17.1.0 and later · before 17.1.1.3
- f5 big-ip analytics16.1.0 and later · before 16.1.4.3
- f5 big-ip analytics15.1.0 and later · before 15.1.10.4
- f5 big-ip analytics17.1.0 and later · before 17.1.1.3
- f5 big-ip application acceleration manager16.1.0 and later · before 16.1.4.3
- f5 big-ip application acceleration manager15.1.0 and later · before 15.1.10.4
- f5 big-ip application acceleration manager17.1.0 and later · before 17.1.1.3
- f5 big-ip application security manager16.1.0 and later · before 16.1.4.3
- f5 big-ip application security manager15.1.0 and later · before 15.1.10.4
- f5 big-ip application security manager17.1.0 and later · before 17.1.1.3
- f5 big-ip application visibility and reporting15.1.0 and later · before 15.1.10.4
- f5 big-ip application visibility and reporting16.1.0 and later · before 16.1.4.3
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (f5). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
F5 BIG-IP
- 17.1.0 and later · before 17.1.1.3affected
- 16.1.0 and later · before 16.1.4.3affected
- 15.1.0 and later · before 15.1.10.4affected
Same product
f5: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2022-1388On F5 BIG-IP 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, 13.1.x versions prior KEV99Now
- CVE-2021-22986On BIG-IP versions 16.0.x before 16.0.1.1, 15.1.x before 15.1.2.1, 14.1.x before 14.1.4, 13.1.x before 13.1.3.6, and 12.1.x before 12.1.5.3 KEV99Now
- CVE-2020-5902In BIG-IP versions 15.0.0-15.1.0.3, 14.1.0-14.1.2.5, 13.1.0-13.1.3.3, 12.1.0-12.1.5.1, and 11.6.1-11.6.5.1, the Traffic Management User InteKEV99Now
Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-2024-31156May 8, 2024 · BIG-IP Configuration utility XSS vulnerability32Monitor
- ← EarlierCVE-2024-32761May 8, 2024 · BIG-IP TMM tenants on VELOS and rSeries vulnerability26Monitor
- Later →CVE-2024-33608May 8, 2024 · BIG-IP IPsec vulnerability30Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
- F5finder
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
- CVE-2025-59269525 days apartBIG-IP Configuration utility XSS vulnerability33Monitor
- CVE-2024-311560 days apartBIG-IP Configuration utility XSS vulnerability32Monitor
- CVE-2023-38138280 days apartBIG-IP Configuration utility vulnerability24Monitor
- CVE-2023-27378371 days apartBIG-IP TMUI XSS vulnerability24Monitor
- CVE-2023-38423280 days apartBIG-IP Configuration utility vulnerability21Monitor
- CVE-2025-24320273 days apartBIG-IP Configuration utility vulnerability20Monitor
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
National notice (Türkiye Cybersecurity Directorate / USOM)
Official security notices citing this record; remediation advice is on the agency's page.
- TR-24-0470 · May 9, 2024(F5 Güvenlik Bildirimi)
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- A user must open a link or visit a page.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- low · data can be read
- Integrity
- low · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- none
Impact can extend beyond the vulnerable component (scope changes).
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality impact
- Low
- Integrity impact
- Low
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
nvd-secondary
Root cause
User content is inserted into the page as HTML. The browser interprets the content as code rather than data.
The bug in code
The whole CWE-79 classA representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.
Vulnerable
commentEl.innerHTML = comment.body;Fixed
commentEl.textContent = comment.body;Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
ATT&CK techniques
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Change log
No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.
References
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.