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CVE-2012-2997
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…
Medium4.0EPSS 6.4%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- certcc
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By certcc
- 20 months later
· 20 months later
Published
- 11 years later
· 11 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.4% · top 6.2% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- f5bigip-xml-info-disclosure(81426) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/14000/100/sol14138.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 89447 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- https://www.sec-consult.com/fxdata/seccons/prod/temedia/advisories_txt/20130122-0_F5_BIG-IP_XML_External_Entity_Injection_v10.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 57496 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20130122 SEC Consult SA-20130122-0 :: F5 BIG-IP XML External Entity Injection vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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