CVE-2020-5948
No exploitation reported by the sources we read.
- Published2020-12-11
- Fixed in15.1.1 · 14.1.2.8 · 13.1.3.5
- WeaknessCWE-79
Am I affected?
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Description
On BIG-IP versions 16.0.0-16.0.0.1, 15.1.0-15.1.0.5, 14.1.0-14.1.2.7, 13.1.0-13.1.3.4, 12.1.0-12.1.5.2, and 11.6.1-11.6.5.2, 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.
Timeline
dates in UTC- 2020-12-1119:15CVE publishedNVD
Observed activity
isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 21:37 UTCBlock these indicators
- Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2020-5948?format=txt
- CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2020-5948?format=csv
- TAXII collection of exploited CVEs
- The EDL and CSV take an API key on the Pro plan.
Versions per branch
NVD| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15.x | ≥ 15.0.0, < 15.1.1 | 15.1.1 | NVD |
| 14.1 | ≥ 14.1.0, < 14.1.2.8 | 14.1.2.8 | NVD |
| 13.1 | ≥ 13.1.0, < 13.1.3.5 | 13.1.3.5 | NVD |
| 16.0 | = 16.0.0 | no fix published | NVD |
| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15.x | ≥ 15.0.0, < 15.1.1 | 15.1.1 | NVD |
| 14.1 | ≥ 14.1.0, < 14.1.2.8 | 14.1.2.8 | NVD |
| 13.1 | ≥ 13.1.0, < 13.1.3.5 | 13.1.3.5 | NVD |
| 16.0 | = 16.0.0 | no fix published | NVD |
| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15.x | ≥ 15.0.0, < 15.1.1 | 15.1.1 | NVD |
| 14.1 | ≥ 14.1.0, < 14.1.2.8 | 14.1.2.8 | NVD |
| 13.1 | ≥ 13.1.0, < 13.1.3.5 | 13.1.3.5 | NVD |
| 16.0 | = 16.0.0 | no fix published | NVD |
8 more products in the sources.
as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.
Fix
- Update F5 big-ip access policy manager to 15.1.1 · 14.1.2.8 · 13.1.3.5
Advisories and patches
- support.f5.comVendor Advisory
Detection
- Nuclei template
- none so far ProjectDiscovery
- Exploit-DB
- no entry Exploit-DB
- Proof-of-concept repositories
- none listed PoC-in-GitHub
Sources
- NVDCVSS 3.19.6read 2026-10-23
- NVDCVSS 2.06.8read 2026-10-23
- NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-79read 2026-10-23
- FIRST EPSSEPSS score1.0 %2026-10-23
Technical details
- CVSS v3 Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Published
- 2020-12-11
- Last Modified
- 2026-06-17
- NVD status
- Modified
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