# CVE-2020-5902

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.

- Page: https://www.vulneraibility.com/cve/CVE-2020-5902
- CVSS: 9.8
- Known exploited: yes, in CISA KEV since 2021-11-03; CISA due date 2022-05-03; known ransomware use
- EPSS: 100.00% (percentile 100.0)
- Public exploit code: 3 on Exploit-DB · 1 Metasploit module · 56 GitHub proofs of concept · 1 Nuclei template (first 2020-07-04)
- CISA SSVC: exploitation active, automatable yes, technical impact total (assessed 2025-01-29)
- Weakness: CWE-22
- Published: 2020-07-01

## Affected versions

- BIG-IP: affected 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, 11.6.1-11.6.5.1

A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected.

## References

- [other] https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K52145254
- [other] http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158333/BIG-IP-TMUI-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- [other] http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158334/BIG-IP-TMUI-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- [other] http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158366/F5-BIG-IP-TMUI-Directory-Traversal-File-Upload-Code-Execution.html
- [advisory] https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/290915
- [other] https://www.criticalstart.com/f5-big-ip-remote-code-execution-exploit/
- [other] https://badpackets.net/over-3000-f5-big-ip-endpoints-vulnerable-to-cve-2020-5902/
- [other] http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158414/Checker-CVE-2020-5902.html
- [other] https://github.com/Critical-Start/Team-Ares/tree/master/CVE-2020-5902
- [other] http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158581/F5-Big-IP-13.1.3-Build-0.0.6-Local-File-Inclusion.html
- [other] https://swarm.ptsecurity.com/rce-in-f5-big-ip/
- [other] http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/175671/F5-BIG-IP-TMUI-Directory-Traversal-File-Upload-Code-Execution.html
- [other] https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-5902

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