5.4Medium KEV

CVE-2014-2120Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability

cisco adaptive_security_appliance_software Published: 2014-03-19 03:00 (12 years ago)

Known exploited — Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability

CISA confirmed this vulnerability is used in real attacks on 12.11.2024. Remediation deadline for US federal agencies: 03.12.2024.

Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-CVE-2014-2120 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-2120

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.

Weakness (CWE): CWE-79

Data: CVE.org, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, Ubuntu. Published as the sources state it, in English.

Affected products and versions

Vendor	Product	Versions
cisco	adaptive_security_appliance_software	0

References and patches

1029935 vdb-entryBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
20140318 Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance WebVPN Login Page Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability vendor-advisoryBroken LinkVendor Advisory
66290 vdb-entryBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2014-2120 US Government Resource

CPE matches (NVD) (1)

cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS score

5.4Medium

Source: CISA-ADP · CVSS 3.1

Attack vector: Network
Attack complexity: Low
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: Required
Scope: Changed
Confidentiality: Low
Integrity: Low
Availability: None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

All scores (4)

CISA-ADP	CVSS 3.1	5.4Medium
nvd	CVSS 3.1	6.1Medium
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0	CVSS 3.1	5.4Medium
nvd	CVSS 2.0	4.3Medium

EPSS (chance of exploitation in 30 days)

22.56%

higher than 98% of all CVEs

CISA assessment (SSVC)

Exploitation: active
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total

Timeline

ID reserved2014-02-25
Published2014-03-19 03:00
Reached IP-DB2026-10-24 23:30
Added to KEV2024-11-12
Last updated2026-06-17 03:06

Assigned by (CNA): cisco
NVD status: Analyzed

View at source: CVE.org · NVD

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