CVE-2018-5521 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting F5 BIG-IP versions 12.1.0-12.1.3.1, 11.6.1-11.6.3.1, 11.5.1-11.5.5, and 11.2.1. Attackers can craft malicious URLs to inject arbitrary content into GeoIP lookup responses, potentially leading to client-side XSS. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.1, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and resulting in low confidentiality and integrity impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 11.5.1, <= 11.5.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 11.6.1, <= 11.6.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 12.1.0, <= 12.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager:11.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 11.5.1, <= 11.5.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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