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CVE-2007-5979
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in download_plugin.php3 in F5 Firepass 4100 SSL VPN 5.4 through 5.5.2 and 6.0 through 6.0.1…
Medium4.3EPSS 2.6%
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- mitre
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in download_plugin.php3 in F5 Firepass 4100 SSL VPN 5.4 through 5.5.2 and 6.0 through 6.0.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the backurl parameter.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.6% · top 15% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (10)
- 20071112 PR07-13: Cross-site Scripting / HTML injection on F5 FirePass 4100 SSL VPN 'download_plugin.php3' server-side script (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 1018937 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 3364 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 38665 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 26412 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- firepass-downloadplugin-xss(38439) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/7000/400/sol7498.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.procheckup.com/Vulnerability_PR07-13.php (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- ADV-2007-3847 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 27647 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .