CVE-2016-5020 describes a critical vulnerability in F5 BIG-IP versions prior to 12.0.0 HF3, allowing authenticated attackers with Resource Administration privileges to modify other user accounts and escalate privileges through a crafted external EAV monitor script. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, indicating no known active exploitation. Community discussion and media coverage are minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
10.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_wan_optimization_manager:10.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_wan_optimization_manager:10.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_wan_optimization_manager:10.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.2.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_wan_optimization_manager:10.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_wan_optimization_manager:11.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.