CVE-2023-46748
High 8.8 Exploited in the wild (KEV)
Confirmed active exploitation — CISA KEV catalog
- Name
- F5 BIG-IP Configuration Utility SQL Injection Vulnerability
- Added to catalog
- Remediation due date (US federal)
- Required action
- Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Description
An authenticated SQL injection vulnerability exists in the BIG-IP Configuration utility which may allow an authenticated attacker with network access to the Configuration utility through the BIG-IP management port and/or self IP addresses to execute arbitrary system commands. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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8.8 (HIGH)
Score source: NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 4% (percentile: 91) as of 2 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-89
Affected products
f5: big-ip access policy manager; f5: big-ip advanced firewall manager; f5: big-ip carrier-grade nat; f5: big-ip ddos hybrid defender; f5: big-ip ssl orchestrator; f5: big-ip local traffic manager; f5: big-ip policy enforcement manager; f5: big-ip automation toolchain; f5: big-ip container ingress services; f5: big-ip advanced web application firewall; f5: big-ip domain name system; f5: big-ip application security manager; f5: big-ip analytics; f5: big-ip application acceleration manager; f5: big-ip application visibility and reporting
References
- https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000137365 Vendor Advisory
- https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000137365 Vendor Advisory
- https://www.secpod.com/blog/f5-issues-warning-big-ip-vulnerability-used-in-acti… ExploitThird Party Advisory
- https://www.secpod.com/blog/f5-issues-warning-big-ip-vulnerability-used-in-acti… ExploitThird Party Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023… US Government Resource