CVE-2020-5902
highpriority · act · 90OT risk · criticalKEV · exploitedEPSS 1.000 · 100 %ileexploit · PoCEURUUSadded 2021-11-03remediate by 2022-05-03
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EPSS · scored 2026-10-23
F5 BIG-IP Traffic Management User Interface (TMUI) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
In BIG-IP versions 15.0.0-15.1.0.3, 14.1.0-14.1.2.5, 13.1.0-13.1.3.3, 12.1.0-12.1.5.1, and 11.6.1-11.6.5.1, the Traffic Management User Interface (TMUI), also referred to as the Configuration utility, has a Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability in undisclosed pages.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 9.8–10
ssvc
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weaknesses
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exploits (59)
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- EDB-48711F5 Big-IP 13.1.3 Build 0.0.6 - Local File InclusionPoC · exploit_db
- 0xBlackash/CVE-2020-5902CVE-2020-5902PoC · poc_in_github
affected products (167)
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- n/a BIG-IP≤ 15.0.0-15.1.0.3, 14.1.0-14.1.2.5, 13.1.0-13.1.3.3, 12.1.0-12.1.5.1, 11.6.1-11.6.5.1enisa_euvdEU
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references (47)
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- http://www.nsfocus.net/vulndb/47063cnnvd
- http://www.nsfocus.net/vulndb/47132cnnvd
- https://badpackets.net/over-3000-f5-big-ip-endpoints-vulnerable-to-cve-2020-5902/cnnvd
- https://github.com/Critical-Start/Team-Ares/tree/master/CVE-2020-5902cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5902cnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158333/BIG-IP-TMUI-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlcnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158334/BIG-IP-TMUI-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlcnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158366/F5-BIG-IP-TMUI-Directory-Traversal-File-Upload-Code-Execution.htmlcnnvd
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