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CVE-2020-5902

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-5902 is a critical Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability affecting the Traffic Management User Interface (TMUI) of F5 BIG-IP appliances across multiple versions. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code on the device. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), it presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The vulnerability is actively exploited in the wild, including by ransomware campaigns, and has readily available exploit code in Metasploit and ExploitDB, leading to significant community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 11.6.1, < 11.6.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 12.1.0, < 12.1.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 13.1.0, < 13.1.3.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 14.1.0, < 14.1.2.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 15.0.0, <= 15.0.1.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
100.00%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
100.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
Added to KEV · Nov 3, 2021
Metasploit: F5 BIG-IP TMUI Directory Traversal and File Upload RCE · Jun 30, 2020
Nuclei: CVE-2020-5902 · Jul 5, 2020
ExploitDB: EDB-48711 · Jul 26, 2020
This CVE's current EPSS score of 1.0000 is in the 100th percentile among its peer group of 36,821 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

cisa.gov / known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
US Government Resource
packetstormsecurity.com / files/158333/BIG-IP-TMUI-Remote-Code-Execution.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
packetstormsecurity.com / files/158334/BIG-IP-TMUI-Remote-Code-Execution.html
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
packetstormsecurity.com / files/158366/F5-BIG-IP-TMUI-Directory-Traversal-File-Upload-Code-Execution.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
packetstormsecurity.com / files/158414/Checker-CVE-2020-5902.html
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
packetstormsecurity.com / files/158581/F5-Big-IP-13.1.3-Build-0.0.6-Local-File-Inclusion.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
packetstormsecurity.com / files/175671/F5-BIG-IP-TMUI-Directory-Traversal-File-Upload-Code-Execution.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
badpackets.net / over-3000-f5-big-ip-endpoints-vulnerable-to-cve-2020-5902
ExploitThird Party Advisory
github.com / Critical-Start/Team-Ares/tree/master/CVE-2020-5902
Broken LinkExploitThird Party Advisory
support.f5.com / csp/article/K52145254
Vendor Advisory
swarm.ptsecurity.com / rce-in-f5-big-ip
ExploitThird Party Advisory
criticalstart.com / f5-big-ip-remote-code-execution-exploit
ExploitThird Party Advisory
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/290915
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource