CVE-2023-38138: F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager

Medium severity, CVSS 6.1. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in an undisclosed page of the BIG-IP Configuration utility which allows an attacker to run JavaScript in the context of the currently logged-in user.  Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

Affected products

  • F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager: from 13.1.0, up to and including 13.1.5; from 14.1.0, before 14.1.5.5 (fixed in 14.1.5.5); from 15.1.0, before 15.1.9.1 (fixed in 15.1.9.1); from 16.1.0, before 16.1.3.5 (fixed in 16.1.3.5); from 17.0.0, before 17.1.0.2 (fixed in 17.1.0.2)
  • F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager: from 13.1.0, up to and including 13.1.5; from 14.1.0, before 14.1.5.5 (fixed in 14.1.5.5); from 15.1.0, before 15.1.9.1 (fixed in 15.1.9.1); from 16.1.0, before 16.1.3.5 (fixed in 16.1.3.5); from 17.0.0, before 17.1.0.2 (fixed in 17.1.0.2)
  • F5 BIG-IP Advanced Web Application Firewall: from 13.1.0, up to and including 13.1.5; from 14.1.0, before 14.1.5.5 (fixed in 14.1.5.5); from 15.1.0, before 15.1.9.1 (fixed in 15.1.9.1); from 16.1.0, before 16.1.3.5 (fixed in 16.1.3.5); from 17.0.0, before 17.1.0.2 (fixed in 17.1.0.2)
  • F5 BIG-IP Analytics: from 13.1.0, up to and including 13.1.5; from 14.1.0, before 14.1.5.5 (fixed in 14.1.5.5); from 15.1.0, before 15.1.9.1 (fixed in 15.1.9.1); from 16.1.0, before 16.1.3.5 (fixed in 16.1.3.5); from 17.0.0, before 17.1.0.2 (fixed in 17.1.0.2)
  • F5 BIG-IP Application Acceleration Manager: from 13.1.0, up to and including 13.1.5; from 14.1.0, before 14.1.5.5 (fixed in 14.1.5.5); from 15.1.0, before 15.1.9.1 (fixed in 15.1.9.1); from 16.1.0, before 16.1.3.5 (fixed in 16.1.3.5); from 17.0.0, before 17.1.0.2 (fixed in 17.1.0.2)
  • F5 BIG-IP Application Security Manager: from 13.1.0, up to and including 13.1.5; from 14.1.0, before 14.1.5.5 (fixed in 14.1.5.5); from 15.1.0, before 15.1.9.1 (fixed in 15.1.9.1); from 16.1.0, before 16.1.3.5 (fixed in 16.1.3.5); from 17.0.0, before 17.1.0.2 (fixed in 17.1.0.2)
  • F5 BIG-IP Application Visibility And Reporting: from 13.1.0, up to and including 13.1.5; from 14.1.0, before 14.1.5.5 (fixed in 14.1.5.5); from 15.1.0, before 15.1.9.1 (fixed in 15.1.9.1); from 16.1.0, before 16.1.3.5 (fixed in 16.1.3.5); from 17.0.0, before 17.1.0.2 (fixed in 17.1.0.2)
  • F5 BIG-IP Carrier-Grade Nat: from 13.1.0, up to and including 13.1.5; from 14.1.0, before 14.1.5.5 (fixed in 14.1.5.5); from 15.1.0, before 15.1.9.1 (fixed in 15.1.9.1); from 16.1.0, before 16.1.3.5 (fixed in 16.1.3.5); from 17.0.0, before 17.1.0.2 (fixed in 17.1.0.2)
  • F5 BIG-IP Ddos Hybrid Defender: from 13.1.0, up to and including 13.1.5; from 14.1.0, before 14.1.5.5 (fixed in 14.1.5.5); from 15.1.0, before 15.1.9.1 (fixed in 15.1.9.1); from 16.1.0, before 16.1.3.5 (fixed in 16.1.3.5); from 17.0.0, before 17.1.0.2 (fixed in 17.1.0.2)
  • F5 BIG-IP Domain Name System: from 13.1.0, up to and including 13.1.5; from 14.1.0, before 14.1.5.5 (fixed in 14.1.5.5); from 15.1.0, before 15.1.9.1 (fixed in 15.1.9.1); from 16.1.0, before 16.1.3.5 (fixed in 16.1.3.5); from 17.0.0, before 17.1.0.2 (fixed in 17.1.0.2)
  • F5 BIG-IP Edge Gateway: from 13.1.0, up to and including 13.1.5; from 14.1.0, before 14.1.5.5 (fixed in 14.1.5.5); from 15.1.0, before 15.1.9.1 (fixed in 15.1.9.1); from 16.1.0, before 16.1.3.5 (fixed in 16.1.3.5); from 17.0.0, before 17.1.0.2 (fixed in 17.1.0.2)
  • F5 BIG-IP Fraud Protection Service: from 13.1.0, up to and including 13.1.5; from 14.1.0, before 14.1.5.5 (fixed in 14.1.5.5); from 15.1.0, before 15.1.9.1 (fixed in 15.1.9.1); from 16.1.0, before 16.1.3.5 (fixed in 16.1.3.5); from 17.0.0, before 17.1.0.2 (fixed in 17.1.0.2)
  • F5 BIG-IP Global Traffic Manager: from 13.1.0, up to and including 13.1.5; from 14.1.0, before 14.1.5.5 (fixed in 14.1.5.5); from 15.1.0, before 15.1.9.1 (fixed in 15.1.9.1); from 16.1.0, before 16.1.3.5 (fixed in 16.1.3.5); from 17.0.0, before 17.1.0.2 (fixed in 17.1.0.2)
  • F5 BIG-IP Link Controller: from 13.1.0, up to and including 13.1.5; from 14.1.0, before 14.1.5.5 (fixed in 14.1.5.5); from 15.1.0, before 15.1.9.1 (fixed in 15.1.9.1); from 16.1.0, before 16.1.3.5 (fixed in 16.1.3.5); from 17.0.0, before 17.1.0 (fixed in 17.1.0)
  • F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager: from 13.1.0, up to and including 13.1.5; from 14.1.0, before 14.1.5.5 (fixed in 14.1.5.5); from 15.1.0, before 15.1.9.1 (fixed in 15.1.9.1); from 16.1.0, before 16.1.3.5 (fixed in 16.1.3.5); from 17.0.0, before 17.1.0.2 (fixed in 17.1.0.2)
  • F5 BIG-IP Policy Enforcement Manager: from 13.1.0, up to and including 13.1.5; from 14.1.0, before 14.1.5.5 (fixed in 14.1.5.5); from 15.1.0, before 15.1.9.1 (fixed in 15.1.9.1); from 16.1.0, before 16.1.3.5 (fixed in 16.1.3.5); from 17.0.0, before 17.1.0.2 (fixed in 17.1.0.2)
  • F5 BIG-IP SSL Orchestrator: from 13.1.0, up to and including 13.1.5; from 14.1.0, before 14.1.5.5 (fixed in 14.1.5.5); from 15.1.0, before 15.1.9.1 (fixed in 15.1.9.1); from 16.1.0, before 16.1.3.5 (fixed in 16.1.3.5); from 17.0.0, before 17.1.0.2 (fixed in 17.1.0.2)
  • F5 BIG-IP Webaccelerator: from 13.1.0, up to and including 13.1.5; from 14.1.0, before 14.1.5.5 (fixed in 14.1.5.5); from 15.1.0, before 15.1.9.1 (fixed in 15.1.9.1); from 16.1.0, before 16.1.3.5 (fixed in 16.1.3.5); from 17.0.0, before 17.1.0.2 (fixed in 17.1.0.2)
  • F5 BIG-IP Websafe: from 13.1.0, up to and including 13.1.5; from 14.1.0, before 14.1.5.5 (fixed in 14.1.5.5); from 15.1.0, before 15.1.9.1 (fixed in 15.1.9.1); from 16.1.0, before 16.1.3.5 (fixed in 16.1.3.5); from 17.0.0, before 17.1.0.2 (fixed in 17.1.0.2)

Published 2023-08-02. Last modified 2026-06-17.