CVE-2008-7257

Cisco ASA 5580 - CRLF Injection via WebVPN URI

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2008-7257. PoCs published by Daniel King.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a writeup describing an HTTP response-splitting vulnerability in Cisco ASA. It includes a sample request and response demonstrating the vulnerability but does not contain executable exploit code.

Description

CRLF injection vulnerability in +webvpn+/index.html in WebVPN on Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) 5580 series devices with software before 8.1(2) allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers as demonstrated by a redirect attack involving a %0d%0aLocation%3a sequence in a URI, or conduct HTTP response splitting attacks via unspecified vectors, aka Bug ID CSCsr09163.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by Daniel King · textremotehardware
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34200

This is a writeup describing an HTTP response-splitting vulnerability in Cisco ASA. It includes a sample request and response demonstrating the vulnerability but does not contain executable exploit code.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Other
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Theoretical
Target: Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) firmware versions prior to 8.1(2)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to the vulnerable Cisco ASA device
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41159
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/512023/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1024155
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/59850

Scores

EPSS 0.1157
EPSS Percentile 95.5%

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (1)
cisco/asa_5580 8.1\(1\)
Published Jun 29, 2010
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026