CVE-2017-15524 describes a critical security feature bypass vulnerability affecting the Application Firewall Pack (AFP) component of Kemp Load Balancer devices running software versions prior to 7.2.40.1. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to bypass security features through a crafted HTTP POST request. With a CVSS score of 9.1 (Critical), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality and integrity. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 7.2.40CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:kemptechnologies:web_application_firewall:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.