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CVE-2020-5889 (GCVE-0-2020-5889)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-04-30 20:58 – Updated: 2024-08-04 08:47
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
5.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • XSS
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K24415506 x_refsource_CONFIRM
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a BIG-IP APM Affected: 15.1.0-15.1.0.1, 15.0.0-15.0.1.2, 14.1.0-14.1.2.3
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