CVE-2009-1220

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 9.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-04-01 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

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 products

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance: 5520
Cisco IOS: 7.2(2)22

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-03/0478.html
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=17950
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502313/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502932
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34307
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022122
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1169
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49528
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-03/0478.html
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=17950
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502313/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502932

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