{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 16 products.","exploited":"It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2018-5511 exists.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2018-5511 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2018-5511 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager, published on 13 Apr 2018. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2018-5511 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2018-5511 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager, published on 13 Apr 2018. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2018-5511 exists.\n\nAffected product: F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-5511/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-5511/index.md)","id":"CVE-2018-5511","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-5511/index.md","name":"CVE-2018-5511","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-4cq3-3qxv-x93w"],"analysis":{"component_type":"network_device","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["code_execution","privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"F5 BIG-IP","requires_auth":"high_privilege","summary":"Authenticated administrators can bypass command restrictions in the BIG-IP Configuration utility to execute arbitrary commands.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"command_injection"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"f5","cpe":[{"product":"big-ip_access_policy_manager","vendor":"f5"},{"product":"big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager","vendor":"f5"},{"product":"big-ip_analytics","vendor":"f5"},{"product":"big-ip_application_acceleration_manager","vendor":"f5"},{"product":"big-ip_application_security_manager","vendor":"f5"},{"product":"big-ip_domain_name_system","vendor":"f5"},{"product":"big-ip_edge_gateway","vendor":"f5"},{"product":"big-ip_enterprise_manager","vendor":"f5"},{"product":"big-ip_global_traffic_manager","vendor":"f5"},{"product":"big-ip_link_controller","vendor":"f5"},{"product":"big-ip_local_traffic_manager","vendor":"f5"},{"product":"big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager","vendor":"f5"},{"product":"big-ip_webaccelerator","vendor":"f5"},{"product":"big-ip_websafe","vendor":"f5"},{"product":"workstation","vendor":"vmware"},{"product":"workstation_player","vendor":"vmware"}],"cvss":{"score":7.2,"severity":"high","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-470","name":"Use of Externally-Controlled Input to Select Classes or Code"}],"description":"On F5 BIG-IP 13.1.0-13.1.0.3 or 13.0.0, when authenticated administrative users execute commands in the Traffic Management User Interface (TMUI), also referred to as the BIG-IP Configuration utility, restrictions on allowed commands may not be enforced.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":1,"first_seen":"2019-03-25","github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[{"date":"2019-03-25","kind":"exploitdb","ref":"46600","stars":null,"title":"VMware Workstation 14.1.5 / VMware Player 15.0.2 - 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