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CVE-2018-5503

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-5503 describes a vulnerability in F5 BIG-IP Policy Enforcement Manager (PEM) versions 13.0.0-13.1.0.3 and 12.0.0-12.1.3.1. A specially crafted web page, when processed by a virtual server with an associated PEM policy configured for content insertion, can cause the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) to restart. This vulnerability has a CVSSv3 score of 7.5 (High), indicating a high availability impact as it can lead to a denial of service. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 12.0.0, < 12.1.3.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 13.0.0, < 13.1.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.78%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
75.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0178 is in the 59th percentile among its peer group of 51,551 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

support.f5.com / csp/article/K54562183
Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id/1040560
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry