CVE-2014-2928

Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 40.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2014-05-12 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

The iControl API in F5 BIG-IP LTM, APM, ASM, GTM, Link Controller, and PSM 10.0.0 through 10.2.4 and 11.0.0 through 11.5.1, BIG-IP AAM 11.4.0 through 11.5.1, BIG-IP AFM and PEM 11.3.0 through 11.5.1, BIG-IP Analytics 11.0.0 through 11.5.1, BIG-IP Edge Gateway, WebAccelerator, WOM 10.1.0 through 10.2.4 and 11.0.0 through 11.3.0, Enterprise Manager 2.1.0 through 2.3.0 and 3.0.0 through 3.1.1, and BIG-IQ Cloud, Device, and Security 4.0.0 through 4.3.0 allows remote administrators to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the hostname element in a SOAP request.

Affected products

F5 BIG-IP APM: 10.1.0, 10.2.0, 10.2.1, 10.2.2, 11.0.0
BIG-IP ASM: 10.0.0, 10.0.1, 10.1.0, 10.2.0, 10.2.1, 10.2.2 (+1)
F5 Big-Ip Edge Gateway: 10.1.0, 10.2.0, 10.2.1, 10.2.2, 11.0.0
F5 Big-Ip Global Traffic Manager: 10.0.0, 10.0.1, 10.1.0, 10.2.0, 10.2.1, 10.2.2 (+1)
F5 Big-Ip Link Controller: 10.0.0, 10.0.1, 10.1.0, 10.2.0, 10.2.1, 10.2.2 (+1)
F5 BIG-IP (LTM): 10.0.0, 10.0.1, 10.1.0, 10.2.0, 10.2.1, 10.2.2 (+1)
F5 Big-Ip Protocol Security Module: 9.4.5, 9.4.6, 9.4.7, 9.4.8, 10.0.0, 10.0.1 (+13)
F5 Big-Ip Wan Optimization Manager: 10.0.0, 10.0.1, 10.1.0, 10.2.0, 10.2.1, 10.2.2 (+1)
F5 Big-Ip Webaccelerator: 9.4.0, 9.4.1, 9.4.2, 9.4.3, 9.4.4, 9.4.5 (+16)

References

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