CVE-2022-27878

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2022-05-05 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

On all versions of 16.1.x, 15.1.x, 14.1.x, 13.1.x, 12.1.x, and 11.6.x of F5 BIG-IP, and F5 BIG-IP Guided Configuration (GC) all versions prior to 9.0, a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in an undisclosed page of the BIG-IP Configuration utility that allows an attacker to execute JavaScript in the context of the currently logged-in user. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated

Affected products

F5 BIG-IP APM: 13.1.0, 13.1.1, 13.1.3, 13.1.4, 13.1.5, 14.1.0 (+12)
BIG-IP: 13.1.0, 13.1.1, 13.1.3, 13.1.4, 13.1.5, 14.1.0 (+12)
F5 Big-Ip Analytics: 13.1.0, 13.1.1, 13.1.3, 13.1.4, 13.1.5, 14.1.0 (+12)
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP (AAM): 13.1.0, 13.1.1, 13.1.3, 13.1.4, 13.1.5, 14.1.0 (+12)
BIG-IP ASM: 13.1.0, 13.1.1, 13.1.3, 13.1.4, 13.1.5, 14.1.0 (+12)
F5 BIG-IP DNS: 13.1.0, 13.1.1, 13.1.3, 13.1.4, 13.1.5, 14.1.0 (+12)
F5 Big-Ip Fraud Protection Service: 13.1.0, 13.1.1, 13.1.3, 13.1.4, 13.1.5, 14.1.0 (+12)
F5 Big-Ip Global Traffic Manager: 13.1.0, 13.1.1, 13.1.3, 13.1.4, 13.1.5, 14.1.0 (+12)
F5 Big-Ip Guided Configuration: 6.0, 7.0, 8.0
F5 Big-Ip Link Controller: 13.1.0, 13.1.1, 13.1.3, 13.1.4, 13.1.5, 14.1.0 (+12)
F5 BIG-IP (LTM): 13.1.0, 13.1.1, 13.1.3, 13.1.4, 13.1.5, 14.1.0 (+12)
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP (PEM): 13.1.0, 13.1.1, 13.1.3, 13.1.4, 13.1.5, 14.1.0 (+12)

References

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