CVE-2025-24320VulnerabilityPublished 5 Feb 2025Updated 26 Feb 2026

CVE-2025-24320: F5 BIG-IP · Cross-site Scripting

Affects F5 BIG-IPSource CVE Database V5

Mentioned vulnerabilities

CVE-2024-31156

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.1 Medium.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 06:26 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score

5.1Medium

How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 37% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

Attack Vector: Network
Attack Complexity: Low
Attack Requirements: None
Privileges Required: Low
User Interaction: Passive
Vulnerable system confidentiality: None
Vulnerable system integrity: None
Vulnerable system availability: None
Subsequent system confidentiality: Low
Subsequent system integrity: Low
Subsequent system availability: None

Bold values are the worst case: easiest to exploit or largest impact.

Attack Vector: Network: The vulnerable system is bound to the network stack and the set of possible attackers extends beyond the other options listed below, up to and including the entire Internet. Such a vulnerability is often termed “remotely exploitable” and can be thought of as an attack being exploitable at the protocol level one or more network hops away (e.g., across one or more routers).
Attack Complexity: Low: The attacker must take no measurable action to exploit the vulnerability. The attack requires no target-specific circumvention to exploit the vulnerability. An attacker can expect repeatable success against the vulnerable system.
Attack Requirements: None: The successful attack does not depend on the deployment and execution conditions of the vulnerable system. The attacker can expect to be able to reach the vulnerability and execute the exploit under all or most instances of the vulnerability.
Privileges Required: Low: The attacker requires privileges that provide basic capabilities that are typically limited to settings and resources owned by a single low-privileged user. Alternatively, an attacker with Low privileges has the ability to access only non-sensitive resources.
User Interaction: Passive: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires limited interaction by the targeted user with the vulnerable system and the attacker’s payload. These interactions would be considered involuntary and do not require that the user actively subvert protections built into the vulnerable system.
Vulnerable system confidentiality: None: There is no loss of confidentiality within the Vulnerable System.
Vulnerable system integrity: None: There is no loss of integrity within the Vulnerable System.
Vulnerable system availability: None: There is no impact to availability within the Vulnerable System.
Subsequent system confidentiality: Low: There is some loss of confidentiality. Access to some restricted information is obtained, but the attacker does not have control over what information is obtained, or the amount or kind of loss is limited. The information disclosure does not cause a direct, serious loss to the Subsequent System.
Subsequent system integrity: Low: Modification of data is possible, but the attacker does not have control over the consequence of a modification, or the amount of modification is limited. The data modification does not have a direct, serious impact to the Subsequent System.
Subsequent system availability: None: There is no impact to availability within the Subsequent System or all availability impact is constrained to the Vulnerable System.

Definitions: FIRST CVSS v4.0 specification.

Exploitation evidence

Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 5 Feb 2025
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2026-10-26.

Disclosed: The CVE record is public on cve.org. Its publication is t = 0.
Detectable: A public nuclei template can find exposed instances, for defenders and attackers alike.
Weaponised: Public exploit code exists in Metasploit or Exploit-DB, or CISA SSVC reports a public proof of concept.
Exploited in the wild: CISA KEV lists it, CISA SSVC rates exploitation active, or a source reports attacks.
Observed by OffSeq Mirage: OffSeq Mirage honeypot sensors recorded attack traffic for this CVE, or found exposed hosts without attack traffic.

Moments are spaced evenly, not to scale; a dashed line marks a gap of six months or more. Deltas count from t = 0. Sources that give only a date (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, or a time of exactly 00:00Z) read “same day” rather than hours. Metasploit modules carry the flaw’s disclosure date, not their release date, and nuclei templates carry no date, so both appear above but not on the timeline.

What to do

Affected software

Product	Affected	Fixed in
F5 BIG-IP	Affected =17.1.0 =16.1.0 =15.1.0	Fixed in–

AI-suggested

To mitigate CVE-2025-24320, organizations should implement the following specific measures: 1) Monitor F5’s official channels for patches addressing this vulnerability and apply them promptly once available; 2) Restrict access to the BIG-IP Configuration utility to trusted administrators via network segmentation, VPNs, or IP whitelisting to reduce exposure; 3) Enforce strong authentication mechanisms, including multi-factor authentication, to limit the risk of compromised credentials; 4) Implement Content Security Policy (CSP) headers on the management interface to restrict the execution of unauthorized scripts; 5) Conduct regular audits of user inputs and configuration pages to identify and sanitize potentially malicious content; 6) Educate administrators about the risks of clicking on suspicious links or executing untrusted scripts within the management interface; 7) Use web application firewalls (WAFs) with custom rules to detect and block XSS payloads targeting the BIG-IP interface; 8) Review and minimize user privileges to ensure only necessary personnel have access to the configuration utility; 9) Enable logging and alerting on administrative actions to detect anomalous behavior that may indicate exploitation attempts. These targeted steps go beyond generic advice by focusing on access control, input validation, and proactive monitoring specific to the BIG-IP environment.

Description

A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in an undisclosed page of the BIG-IP Configuration utility that allows an attacker to run JavaScript in the context of the currently logged-in user. This vulnerability is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2024-31156 https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000138636 . Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

Impact

The impact of CVE-2025-24320 is primarily on the confidentiality and integrity of user sessions within the F5 BIG-IP Configuration utility. Successful exploitation allows an attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript in the context of an authenticated administrator or user, potentially leading to session hijacking, theft of sensitive configuration data, or unauthorized administrative actions. While the vulnerability does not directly affect system availability, the compromise of administrative sessions could lead to configuration changes that degrade service or open further attack vectors. Given the critical role of BIG-IP devices in managing application delivery and network traffic, exploitation could have cascading effects on enterprise network security and availability. Organizations relying on these devices for load balancing, firewalling, or VPN services may face increased risk of lateral movement or persistent access if attackers leverage this vulnerability. The medium CVSS score reflects moderate ease of exploitation but limited scope since it requires authenticated access and user interaction. However, the strategic importance of BIG-IP devices in many organizations elevates the potential operational impact beyond the numerical score. The absence of known exploits in the wild reduces immediate risk but does not preclude targeted attacks, especially by advanced threat actors.

CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') (opens in a new tab)
Base weaknessLikelihood of exploit: HighCWE Top 25 (2025): #1OWASP Top 10 A05:2025: Injection (opens in a new tab)
The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.
Architecture and Design · Libraries or Frameworks
Use a vetted library or framework that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid.
Implementation · Architecture and Design
Understand the context in which your data will be used and the encoding that will be expected. This is especially important when transmitting data between different components, or when generating outputs that can contain multiple encodings at the same time, such as web pages or multi-part mail messages.
Architecture and Design · Implementation · Attack Surface Reduction
Understand all the potential areas where untrusted inputs can enter your software: parameters or arguments, cookies, anything read from the network, environment variables, reverse DNS lookups, query results, request headers, URL components, e-mail, files, filenames, databases, and any external systems that provide…
OWASP Cheat Sheets
Cross Site Scripting Prevention (opens in a new tab)
DOM based XSS Prevention (opens in a new tab)
Injection Prevention (opens in a new tab)
Abuse Case (opens in a new tab)
Deserialization (opens in a new tab)
OWASP ASVS 4.0.3
V5.3.3 (opens in a new tab)
V1.5.1 (opens in a new tab)
Attack patterns
XSS Using MIME Type Mismatch (opens in a new tab)
DOM-Based XSS (opens in a new tab)
Reflected XSS (opens in a new tab)
Stored XSS (opens in a new tab)
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (opens in a new tab)
From MITRE CWE, MITRE CAPEC and OWASP (Top 10, OpenCRE).

References

my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000140578 (opens in a new tab)

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AI analysisMachine-generated, updated 26 Feb 2026, 20:30 UTC

WeaknessesCWE-79

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