CVE-2020-5945: F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager

High severity, CVSS 8.4. EPSS: 1.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In BIG-IP versions 16.0.0-16.0.0.1, 15.1.0-15.1.0.5, and 14.1.0-14.1.2.7, undisclosed TMUI page contains a stored cross site scripting vulnerability (XSS). The issue allows a minor privilege escalation for resource admin to escalate to full admin.

Affected products

  • F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager: from 14.1.0, before 14.1.2.8 (fixed in 14.1.2.8); from 15.1.0, before 15.1.1 (fixed in 15.1.1); from 16.0.0, before 16.0.1 (fixed in 16.0.1)
  • F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager: from 14.1.0, before 14.1.2.8 (fixed in 14.1.2.8); from 15.1.0, before 15.1.1 (fixed in 15.1.1); from 16.0.0, before 16.0.1 (fixed in 16.0.1)
  • F5 BIG-IP Analytics: from 14.1.0, before 14.1.2.8 (fixed in 14.1.2.8); from 15.1.0, before 15.1.1 (fixed in 15.1.1); from 16.0.0, before 16.0.1 (fixed in 16.0.1)
  • F5 BIG-IP Application Acceleration Manager: from 14.1.0, before 14.1.2.8 (fixed in 14.1.2.8); from 15.1.0, before 15.1.1 (fixed in 15.1.1); from 16.0.0, before 16.0.1 (fixed in 16.0.1)
  • F5 BIG-IP Application Security Manager: from 14.1.0, before 14.1.2.8 (fixed in 14.1.2.8); from 15.1.0, before 15.1.1 (fixed in 15.1.1); from 16.0.0, before 16.0.1 (fixed in 16.0.1)
  • F5 BIG-IP Domain Name System: from 14.1.0, before 14.1.2.8 (fixed in 14.1.2.8); from 15.1.0, before 15.1.1 (fixed in 15.1.1); from 16.0.0, before 16.0.1 (fixed in 16.0.1)
  • F5 BIG-IP Fraud Protection Service: from 14.1.0, before 14.1.2.8 (fixed in 14.1.2.8); from 15.1.0, before 15.1.1 (fixed in 15.1.1); from 16.0.0, before 16.0.1 (fixed in 16.0.1)
  • F5 BIG-IP Global Traffic Manager: from 14.1.0, before 14.1.2.8 (fixed in 14.1.2.8); from 15.1.0, before 15.1.1 (fixed in 15.1.1); from 16.0.0, before 16.0.1 (fixed in 16.0.1)
  • F5 BIG-IP Link Controller: from 14.1.0, before 14.1.2.8 (fixed in 14.1.2.8); from 15.1.0, before 15.1.1 (fixed in 15.1.1); from 16.0.0, before 16.0.1 (fixed in 16.0.1)
  • F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager: from 14.1.0, before 14.1.2.8 (fixed in 14.1.2.8); from 15.1.0, before 15.1.1 (fixed in 15.1.1); from 16.0.0, before 16.0.1 (fixed in 16.0.1)
  • F5 BIG-IP Policy Enforcement Manager: from 14.1.0, before 14.1.2.8 (fixed in 14.1.2.8); from 15.1.0, before 15.1.1 (fixed in 15.1.1); from 16.0.0, before 16.0.1 (fixed in 16.0.1)

Published 2020-11-05. Last modified 2026-06-17.