CVE-2014-2120: Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability
Actively exploited. At least one CVE in this advisory is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — exploitation has been observed in the wild. Treat remediation as urgent.
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.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) contains a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the WebVPN login page.
- Who is affected
- Remote attackers targeting the WebVPN login page of Cisco ASA devices.
- Urgency
- Urgent remediation is required as the vulnerability is actively exploited and classified as critical.
- Action
- Apply the recommended patches from Cisco to fix the XSS vulnerability.
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Details
Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-2120
Exploitation outlook
EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.
- Exploitation confirmedCVE-2014-2120Already exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 96% of all scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2014-2120 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
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