CVE-2020-27719 Cross-site scripting in BIG-IP

What is CVE-2020-27719?

CVE-2020-27719 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager, published on 24 Dec 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

On BIG-IP 16.0.0-16.0.0.1, 15.1.0-15.1.0.5, and 14.1.0-14.1.3, a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in an undisclosed page of the BIG-IP Configuration utility.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-27719?

It affects 14 products.

Products include F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager, F5 Big-Ip Advanced Firewall Manager, F5 Big-Ip Advanced Web Application Firewall, F5 Big-Ip Analytics, F5 Big-Ip Application Acceleration Manager, F5 Big-Ip Application Security Manager and 8 more.

How do I fix CVE-2020-27719?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-27719 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2020-27719 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-27719 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager

• CVE-2023-46747 F5 BIG-IP Configuration Utility Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-1388 F5 BIG-IP Missing Authentication Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2021-22986 F5 BIG-IP and BIG-IQ Centralized Management iControl REST Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2021-22991 F5 BIG-IP Traffic Management Microkernel Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-5902 F5 BIG-IP Traffic Management User Interface (TMUI) Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-5537-hr6c-2jjc.