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CVE-2017-15524

28
FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 7.2.40CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:kemptechnologies:web_application_firewall:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.1CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.2
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.22%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
65.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0122 is in the 52nd percentile among its peer group of 36,897 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

kemptechnologies.com / files/assets/documentation/7.2/release-notes/Release_Notes-LoadMaster.pdf
Issue TrackingRelease NotesVendor Advisory
pallas.com / advisories/cve_2017_15524_kemp_afp_waf_bug_on_post_data
ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / archive/1/541602/100/0/threaded