CVE-2020-3578

MEDIUM

Cisco ASA/Firepower Threat Defense WebVPN Portal Unauthenticated Access Rule Bypass

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A vulnerability in the web services interface of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass a configured access rule and access parts of the WebVPN portal that are supposed to be blocked. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of URLs when portal access rules are configured. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by accessing certain URLs on the affected device.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 5.3
EPSS 0.0018
EPSS Percentile 39.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable yes
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-863
Status published
Products (2)
cisco/adaptive_security_appliance_software < 9.6.4.45
cisco/firepower_threat_defense < 6.3.0.6
Published Oct 21, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026