Cross-site scripting in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) - CVE-2014-2120
Published: December 3, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU101094
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-2120
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
The vulnerability is being exploited in the wild
Vulnerability details
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in the WebVPN login page. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
Affected software
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA)
How to mitigate CVE-2014-2120
Install update from vendor's website.
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) - addressed in versions 9.8.1, 9.8.1.5, 9.8.1.7, 9.8.2, 9.8.2.8, 9.8.2.14, 9.8.2.15, 9.8.2.17, 9.8.2.20, 9.8.2.24, 9.8.2.26, 9.8.2.28, 9.8.2.33, 9.8.2.35, 9.8.2.38, 9.8.2.45, 9.8.3, 9.8.3.8, 9.8.3.11, 9.8.3.14, 9.8.3.16, 9.8.3.18, 9.8.3.21, 9.8.3.26, 9.8.3.29, 9.8.4, 9.8.4.3, 9.8.4.7, 9.8.4.8, 9.8.4.10, 9.8.4.12, 9.8.4.15, 9.8.4.17, 9.8.4.20, 9.8.4.22, 9.8.4.25, 9.8.4.26, 9.8.4.29, 9.8.4.32, 9.8.4.33, 9.8.4.34, 9.8.4.35, 9.8.4.39, 9.8.4.40, 9.8.4.41, 9.8.4.43, 9.8.4.44, 9.8.4.45, 9.8.4.46, 9.8.4.48, 9.9.1, 9.9.1.2, 9.9.1.3, 9.9.1.4, 9.9.1.5, 9.9.2, 9.9.2.1, 9.9.2.9, 9.9.2.14, 9.9.2.18, 9.9.2.25, 9.9.2.27, 9.9.2.32, 9.9.2.36, 9.9.2.40, 9.9.2.47, 9.9.2.50, 9.9.2.52, 9.9.2.56, 9.9.2.59, 9.9.2.61, 9.9.2.66, 9.9.2.67, 9.9.2.74, 9.9.2.80, 9.9.2.83, 9.9.2.85, 9.9.2.235, 9.10.1, 9.10.1.2, 9.10.1.7, 9.10.1.10, 9.10.1.11, 9.10.1.17, 9.10.1.22, 9.10.1.27, 9.10.1.30, 9.10.1.32, 9.10.1.37, 9.10.1.40, 9.10.1.42, 9.10.1.44, 9.12.1, 9.12.1.2, 9.12.1.3, 9.12.2, 9.12.2.1, 9.12.2.4, 9.12.2.5, 9.12.2.9, 9.12.3, 9.12.3.2, 9.12.3.7, 9.12.3.9, 9.12.3.12, 9.12.4, 9.12.4.2, 9.12.4.4, 9.12.4.7, 9.12.4.8, 9.12.4.10, 9.12.4.13, 9.12.4.18, 9.12.4.24, 9.12.4.26, 9.12.4.29, 9.12.4.30, 9.12.4.35, 9.12.4.37, 9.12.4.38, 9.12.4.39, 9.12.4.40, 9.12.4.41, 9.12.4.47, 9.12.4.48, 9.12.4.50, 9.12.4.52, 9.12.4.54, 9.12.4.55, 9.12.4.56, 9.12.4.58, 9.12.4.62, 9.12.4.65, 9.12.4.67, 9.13.1, 9.13.1.2, 9.13.1.7, 9.13.1.10, 9.13.1.12, 9.13.1.13, 9.13.1.16, 9.13.1.19, 9.13.1.21, 9.14.1, 9.14.1.6, 9.14.1.10, 9.14.1.15, 9.14.1.19, 9.14.1.30, 9.14.2, 9.14.2.4, 9.14.2.8, 9.14.2.13, 9.14.2.15, 9.14.3, 9.14.3.1, 9.14.3.9, 9.14.3.11, 9.14.3.13, 9.14.3.15, 9.14.3.18, 9.14.4, 9.14.4.6, 9.14.4.7, 9.14.4.12, 9.14.4.13, 9.14.4.14, 9.14.4.15, 9.14.4.17, 9.14.4.22, 9.14.4.23, 9.14.4.24, 9.15.1, 9.15.1.1, 9.15.1.7, 9.15.1.10, 9.15.1.15, 9.15.1.16, 9.15.1.17, 9.15.1.21, 9.16.1, 9.16.1.28, 9.16.2, 9.16.2.3, 9.16.2.7, 9.16.2.11, 9.16.2.13, 9.16.2.14, 9.16.3, 9.16.3.3, 9.16.3.14, 9.16.3.15, 9.16.3.19, 9.16.3.23, 9.16.4, 9.16.4.9, 9.16.4.14, 9.16.4.18, 9.16.4.19, 9.16.4.27, 9.16.4.38, 9.16.4.39, 9.16.4.42, 9.16.4.48, 9.16.4.55, 9.16.4.57, 9.16.4.61, 9.16.4.62, 9.16.4.67, 9.16.4.70, 9.16.4.71, 9.17.1, 9.17.1.7, 9.17.1.9, 9.17.1.10, 9.17.1.11, 9.17.1.13, 9.17.1.15, 9.17.1.20, 9.17.1.30, 9.17.1.33, 9.17.1.39, 9.17.1.45, 9.18.1, 9.18.1.3, 9.18.2, 9.18.2.5, 9.18.2.7, 9.18.2.8, 9.18.3, 9.18.3.39, 9.18.3.46, 9.18.3.53, 9.18.3.55, 9.18.3.56, 9.18.4, 9.18.4.5, 9.18.4.8, 9.18.4.22, 9.18.4.24, 9.18.4.29, 9.18.4.34, 9.18.4.40, 9.18.4.47, 9.19.1, 9.19.1.5, 9.19.1.9, 9.19.1.12, 9.19.1.18, 9.19.1.22, 9.19.1.24, 9.19.1.27, 9.19.1.28, 9.19.1.31, 9.19.1.37, 9.20.1, 9.20.1.5, 9.20.2, 9.20.2.10, 9.20.2.21, 9.20.2.22, 9.20.3, 9.20.3.4, 9.20.3.7, 9.22.1.1