What is CVE-2020-5950?

CVE-2020-5950 is a medium-severity vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Advanced Firewall Manager, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2020-12-11.

How severe is CVE-2020-5950?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

XSS in F5 Big-Ip Advanced Firewall Manager

CVE-2020-5950

On BIG-IP 14.1.0-14.1.2.6, undisclosed endpoints in iControl REST allow for a reflected XSS attack, which could lead to a complete compromise of the BIG-IP system if the victim user is granted the admin role.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.010 (60.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

Affected products

F5 Big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager
N/a Big-ip — versions 14.1.0-14.1.2.6

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

f5sirt@f5.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Not Applicable)
nvd@nist.gov (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-5950?: CVE-2020-5950 is a medium-severity vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Advanced Firewall Manager, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2020-12-11.
How severe is CVE-2020-5950?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.