CVE-2014-2120

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA): Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

As of , CVE-2014-2120 in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) is on CISA's list of exploited vulnerabilities: CISA listed it on . Our patch-first group: Patch soon.

Exploited
Yes: CISA listed it on 12 November 2024
US federal deadline
3 December 202421 days after CISA listed it. US federal civilian agencies must fix it by then.
Used in ransomware campaigns
Not known to CISA
EPSS score
0.23Higher than 97% of the CVEs EPSS scores. EPSS estimates the chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS when listed
0.00 on 12 November 2024EPSS on the day CISA listed it.
Public exploit
None foundNeither Metasploit nor Exploit-DB lists one.
Fix
Vendor advice: sec.cloudapps.cisco.comLinks below, from CISA's entry.

What CISA says to do

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

CISA's required action

What the flaw is

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) contains a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the WebVPN login page. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an unspecified parameter.

CISA's description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the WebVPN login page in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an unspecified parameter, aka Bug ID CSCun19025.

The CVE record's description, from cisco

CVE published
19 March 2014
Assigned by
cisco
CVSS
5.4 Medium (CVSS 3.1, from CISA-ADP)
CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CISA SSVC, exploitation
active
CISA SSVC, automatable
no
CISA SSVC, technical impact
total

Timeline

  1. The CVE record was published.
  2. CISA added it to its list of exploited vulnerabilities.
  3. The US federal deadline to fix it.

Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA): other exploited entries

VulnerabilityProductOur groupListedDeadlineEPSS
CVE-2016-6366SNMP Buffer OverflowCisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA)Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.880.88
CVE-2018-0296Denial-of-ServiceCisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA)Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.990.99
CVE-2016-6367CLI Remote Code ExecutionCisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA)Patch soon0.23

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