CVE-2012-2997

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 6.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2014-01-21 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in sam/admin/vpe2/public/php/server.php in F5 BIG-IP 10.0.0 through 10.2.4 and 11.0.0 through 11.2.1 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a crafted XML file.

Affected products

F5 Big-Ip Configuration Utility: 10.0.0, 10.2.4, 11.0.0, 11.2.1

References

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

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