CVE-2017-15524

CriticalCVSS 9.1/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 9.1/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

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=1Issue Tracking, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://www.pallas.com/advisories/cve_2017_15524_kemp_afp_waf_bug_on_post_dataExploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
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=1Issue Tracking, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://www.pallas.com/advisories/cve_2017_15524_kemp_afp_waf_bug_on_post_dataExploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Dec 19, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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