CVE-2012-2997
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.0EPSS 6.4%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-200
- EPSS score
- 6.4% (94th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-2975)
- Published
- January 21, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-2975 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- f5 / big-ip configuration utility
- f5 / big-ip configuration utility
- f5 / big-ip configuration utility
- f5 / big-ip configuration utility
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-01/0093.html(Exploit)
- http://osvdb.org/89447
- http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/14000/100/sol14138.html(Vendor Advisory)
- 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(Exploit)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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