CVE-2016-7469
A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Configuration utility device name change page in BIG-IP LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics,…
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- f5
Description
A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Configuration utility device name change page in BIG-IP LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, DNS, Edge Gateway, GTM, Link Controller, PEM, PSM, WebAccelerator, WOM and WebSafe version 12.0.0 - 12.1.2, 11.4.0 - 11.6.1, and 11.2.1 allows an authenticated user to inject arbitrary web script or HTML. Exploitation requires Resource Administrator or Administrator privileges, and it could cause the Configuration utility client to become unstable.
Timeline
ID reserved
By f5
- 9 months later
· 9 months later
Published
- 7 years later
· 7 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 | 3.0 | Medium5.4 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.95% · top 39% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.4.
Weakness
- cross-site scripting (XSS)
- CWE-79 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-79 and its CVEs
Affected products
F5 Networks, Inc. · BIG-IP LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, DNS, Edge Gateway, GTM, Link Controller, PEM, PSM,WebAccelerator,WOM,WebSafe
- affected 12.0.0 - 12.1.2
- affected 11.4.0 - 11.6.1
- affected 11.2.1
References (4)
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K97285349 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1037559 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 95320 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1037560 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_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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