What is CVE-2020-5853?

CVE-2020-5853 is a medium-severity vulnerability in F5 Big-ip_access_policy_manager, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2020-01-14.

How severe is CVE-2020-5853?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

XSS in F5 Big-ip_access_policy_manager

CVE-2020-5853

In BIG-IP APM portal access on versions 15.0.0-15.1.0, 14.0.0-14.1.2.3, 13.1.0-13.1.3.2, 12.1.0-12.1.5, and 11.5.2-11.6.5.1, when backend servers serve HTTP pages with special JavaScript code, this can lead to internal portal access name c…

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.005 (40.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

F5 Big-ip_access_policy_manager
F5 Big-ip Apm — versions 15.0.0-15.1.0, 14.0.0-14.1.2.3, 13.1.0-13.1.3.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

f5sirt@f5.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-5853?: CVE-2020-5853 is a medium-severity vulnerability in F5 Big-ip_access_policy_manager, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2020-01-14.
How severe is CVE-2020-5853?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.