Cross-site scripting in Cisco Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) and Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) - CVE-2020-3581
Published: October 22, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU47879
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-2020-3581
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
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 web services interface. 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 Firewall Threat Defense (FTD)
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA)
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA)
How to mitigate CVE-2020-3581
Install updates from vendor's website.
Cisco Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) - addressed in versions 6.3.0.6, 6.4.0.10, 6.5.0.5, 6.6.1
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) - addressed in versions 9.8.4.29, 9.9.2.80, 9.10.1.44, 9.12.4.4, 9.13.1.13, 9.14.1.30
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) - addressed in versions 9.8.4.29, 9.9.2.80, 9.10.1.44, 9.12.4.4, 9.13.1.13, 9.14.1.30