CVE-2013-5557

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-02-07 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The Proxy Bypass Content Rewriter feature in the WebVPN subsystem in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.1(.2) and earlier allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (device crash or error-recovery event) via an HTTP request that triggers a rewrite, aka Bug ID CSCug91577.

Affected products

Cisco ASA Software: through 9.1\(2\)

References

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2013-5557
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=37383
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72529
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100694
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2013-5557
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=37383
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72529
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100694

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