What is CVE-2020-5889?

CVE-2020-5889 is a medium-severity vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2020-04-30.

How severe is CVE-2020-5889?

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

XSS in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager

CVE-2020-5889

On versions 15.1.0-15.1.0.1, 15.0.0-15.0.1.2, and 14.1.0-14.1.2.3, in BIG-IP APM portal access, a specially crafted HTTP request can lead to reflected XSS after the BIG-IP APM system rewrites the HTTP response from the untrusted backend server and sends it to the client.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.007 (50.2th 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
N/a Big-ip Apm — versions 15.1.0-15.1.0.1, 15.0.0-15.0.1.2, 14.1.0-14.1.2.3

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

f5sirt@f5.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-5889?: CVE-2020-5889 is a medium-severity vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2020-04-30.
How severe is CVE-2020-5889?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.