CVE-2014-2120
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability
Does this matter?
Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 3 December 2024). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 22.56% probability · 98th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Listed 12 November 2024 · due 3 December 2024
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- cisco/adaptive security appliance software
- Source
- psirt@cisco.com
EPSS moved from 22.6% on 28 September 2026 to 22.6% on 30 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
CISA notes
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
References
- http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2014-2120Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66290Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029935Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2014-2120Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66290Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029935Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2014-2120US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.