CVE-2017-15524 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Application Firewall Pack (AFP, aka Web Application Firewall) component on Kemp Load Balancer devices with software before 7.2.40.1 allows a Security Feature Bypass via an HTTP POST request.

Published: 2017-12-18

Score: 9.1 Critical

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:kemptechnologies:web_application_firewall:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-6976	The Application Firewall Pack (AFP, aka Web Application Firewall) component on Kemp Load Balancer devices with software before 7.2.40.1 allows a Security Feature Bypass via an HTTP POST request.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00281.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/541602/100/0/threaded
https://kemptechnologies.com/files/assets/documentation/7.2/release-notes/Release_Notes-LoadMaster.pdf?pdf-file-view=1
https://www.pallas.com/advisories/cve_2017_15524_kemp_afp_waf_bug_on_post_data

History

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Subscriptions

Kemptechnologies Web Application Firewall

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-12-18T17:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T19:57:26.311Z

Reserved: 2017-10-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-15524

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-12-19T02:29:41.127

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-15524

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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