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CVE-2018-5511 (GCVE-0-2018-5511)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-04-13 13:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 16:38
VLAI
Summary
On F5 BIG-IP 13.1.0-13.1.0.3 or 13.0.0, when authenticated administrative users execute commands in the Traffic Management User Interface (TMUI), also referred to as the BIG-IP Configuration utility, restrictions on allowed commands may not be enforced.
Severity
7.2 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Privilege escalation
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Date Public
2018-04-12 00:00
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