CVSS 3.1
7.2 highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2021-23015
High (7.2) in f5. EPSS 1.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
On BIG-IP 15.1.x before 15.1.3, 14.1.x before 14.1.4.2, 13.1.0.8 through 13.1.3.6, and all versions of 16.0.x, when running in Appliance Mode, an authenticated user assigned the 'Administrator' role may be able to bypass Appliance Mode restrictions utilizing undisclosed iControl REST endpoints. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.
Severity
- EPSS
- 1.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 71% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-863
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager
- f5:big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager
- f5:big-ip_advanced_web_application_firewall
- f5:big-ip_analytics
- f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager
- f5:big-ip_application_security_manager
- f5:big-ip_ddos_hybrid_defender
- f5:big-ip_domain_name_system
- f5:big-ip_fraud_protection_service
- f5:big-ip_global_traffic_manager
- f5:big-ip_link_controller
- f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager
- f5:big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager
- f5:big-ip_ssl_orchestrator