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CVE-2012-2997

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-2997 is an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability affecting F5 BIG-IP versions 10.0.0 through 10.2.4 and 11.0.0 through 11.2.1. This flaw allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files by submitting a specially crafted XML file to the sam/admin/vpe2/public/php/server.php component. Rated with a CVSS score of 4.0, this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires authentication, primarily leading to information disclosure. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, an ExploitDB entry (EDB-38233) confirms the existence of public exploit code, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
10.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_configuration_utility:10.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.2.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_configuration_utility:10.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
11.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_configuration_utility:11.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
11.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_configuration_utility:11.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
8.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
6.44%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-38233 · Jan 21, 2013
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0644 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 21,957 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/bugtraq/2013-01/0093.html
Exploit
osvdb.org / 89447
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/81426
support.f5.com / kb/en-us/solutions/public/14000/100/sol14138.html
Vendor Advisory
sec-consult.com / fxdata/seccons/prod/temedia/advisories_txt/20130122-0_F5_BIG-IP_XML_External_Entity_Injection_v10.txt
Exploit
securityfocus.com / bid/57496