Cisco ASA Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

vendor:

Adaptive Security Appliance

by:

SecurityFocus

7.5

CVSS

HIGH

Cross-Site Scripting

CWE

Product Name: Adaptive Security Appliance

Affected Version From: 8.0.4

Affected Version To: 8.2.2001

Patch Exists: Yes

Related CWE: N/A

CPE: cisco:asa

Metasploit: N/A

Other Scripts: N/A

Tags: N/A

CVSS Metrics: N/A

Nuclei References: N/A

Nuclei Metadata: N/A

Platforms Tested: N/A

2008

Cisco ASA Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Cisco ASA (Adaptive Security Appliance) is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because its Web VPN fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input. An attacker may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site and to steal cookie-based authentication credentials.

Mitigation:

Upgrade to the latest version of Cisco ASA.

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35476/info

Cisco ASA (Adaptive Security Appliance) is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because its Web VPN fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site and to steal cookie-based authentication credentials.

This issue is documented by Cisco Bug ID CSCsy80694.

Cisco ASA 8.0.(4), 8.1.2, and 8.2.1 are vulnerable. 

<html><script> function a(b, c) { return "alert('Your VPN location:\\n\\n'+" + "document.location+'\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n" + "Your VPN cookie:\\n\\n'+document.cookie);"; } CSCO_WebVPN['process'] = a; csco_wrap_js(''); </script></html>