CVE-2020-5853
In BIG-IP APM portal access on versions 15.0.0-15.1.0, 14.0.0-14.1.2.3, 13.1.0-13.1.3.2, 12.1.0...
In BIG-IP APM portal access on versions 15.0.0-15.1.0, 14.0.0-14.1.2.3, 13.1.0-13.1.3.2, 12.1.0-12.1.5, and 11.5.2-11.6.5.1, when backend servers serve HTTP pages with special JavaScript code, this can lead to internal portal access name conflict.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
In BIG-IP APM portal access on versions 15.0.0-15.1.0, 14.0.0-14.1.2.3, 13.1.0-13.1.3.2, 12.1.0-12.1.5, and 11.5.2-11.6.5.1, when backend servers serve HTTP pages with special JavaScript code, this can lead to internal portal access name conflict.
- Record
CVE-2020-5853- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 3.5 Low
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
In BIG-IP APM portal access on versions 15.0.0-15.1.0, 14.0.0-14.1.2.3, 13.1.0-13.1.3.2, 12.1.0-12.1.5, and 11.5.2-11.6.5.1, when backend servers serve HTTP pages with special JavaScript code, this can lead to internal portal access name conflict.
- Record
CVE-2020-5853- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-27007 No score
In BIG-IP APM portal access on versions 15.0.0-15.1.0, 14.0.0-14.1.2.3, 13.1.0-13.1.3.2, 12.1.0-12.1.5, and 11.5.2-11.6.5.1, when backend servers serve HTTP pages with special JavaScript code, this can lead to internal portal access name conflict.
- Record
EUVD-2020-27007- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-7mwx-h8w3-g965 No score
In BIG-IP APM portal access on versions 15.0.0-15.1.0, 14.0.0-14.1.2.3, 13.1.0-13.1.3.2, 12.1.0...
In BIG-IP APM portal access on versions 15.0.0-15.1.0, 14.0.0-14.1.2.3, 13.1.0-13.1.3.2, 12.1.0-12.1.5, and 11.5.2-11.6.5.1, when backend servers serve HTTP pages with special JavaScript code, this can lead to internal portal access name conflict.
- Record
GHSA-7mwx-h8w3-g965- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-5853 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in F5 Big-ip Apm, published January 14, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.52%, the 44th percentile. No source names a fixed version.