CVE-2017-15524 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Vendors	Products
Kemptechnologies Subscribe	Web Application Firewall Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

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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Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

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

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

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

Link: CVE-2017-15524

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

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

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-15524

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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