THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2009-1220
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2009-1220

Adaptive Security Appliance vulnerability

CVSS
4.3
EPSS
9.0%
EPSS pct
95th
Exploited
No known
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in +webvpn+/index.html in WebVPN on the Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) 5520 with software 7.2(4)30 and earlier 7.2 versions including 7.2(2)22, and 8.0(4)28 and earlier 8.0 versions, when clientless mode is enabled, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the Host HTTP header.
Affected vendor
Cisco
Affected product
Adaptive Security Appliance
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-79 — Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Published
2009-04-01

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 9.0% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 95% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2009-1220

  • Confirm whether Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2009-1220.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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