FKIE_CVE-2020-5950

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2020-12-11 19:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 03:22
Severity
5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Summary
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.
References
f5sirt@f5.comhttps://support.f5.com/csp/article/K42696541Not Applicable
nvd@nist.govhttps://support.f5.com/csp/article/K05204103Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K42696541Not Applicable
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
f5 big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager *
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T03:22:30.727",
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