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CVE-2020-3580 · EUVD no mirror located · GCVE no mirror located Verified 2026-06-22

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and Firepower Threat vulnerability

Cisco ASA and FTD web interface contains insufficient input validation allowing cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks that could expose sensitive information or compromise administrator sessions.

Verdict

Today item, not a backlog item.

A reflected or stored XSS vulnerability in the web management interface of Cisco ASA/FTD enables attackers to inject malicious scripts. With high EPSS and active exploitation, this poses significant risk to firewall administrators and network security posture.

CISA KEV Yes · 2021-11-033Ransomware use Flagged3EPSS 0.85439 (verify live)4Exploit Public PoC5
01

Is it exploitable?

— the evidence, ranked above the score
Exploit available
Public proof-of-concept exploit code is cataloged for this vulnerability.We link the existence of the exploit; we do not host or redistribute payloads.
Reported exploitation
375 independent public reports of in-the-wild exploitation are cataloged.Distinct reporting sources (vendor, incident response, government); open them for the underlying claims.
Exploited in the wild
Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2021-11-03), flagged for known ransomware use.
CISA KEV ↗Confirmed
Probability (EPSS)
EPSS 0.85439 — modeled likelihood of exploitation activity.EPSS is a daily-changing model output — open the source for today's value.
Severity / affected
Affected: Cisco, Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and Firepower Threat Defense (FTD). Confirm exact fixed builds in the vendor advisory.
NVD ↗Reported
Weakness (CWE)
Mapped to CWE-79 Cross-site Scripting (XSS) — weakness family: Web / client.CWE assignment from the public NVD record; the weakness class drives how the flaw is exploited.
NVD ↗Reported
02

Who’s exploiting it?

— attribution turns risk into urgency
Attribution not established

No confirmed (advisory-backed) threat-actor attribution is established for this record. Absence of a named actor is not absence of compromise — see Coverage & confidence.

03

Why it matters

— the attack path, told twice: adversary, then board
1

Front door — unauthenticated access narrative 1

Attacker
I craft a malicious URL or inject script payload into the ASA/FTD web interface input fields.
Business
Attackers gain ability to execute arbitrary JavaScript in administrator browsers, risking credential theft and unauthorized firewall reconfiguration.
2

Keys to the kingdom — privilege/identity takeover narrative 2

Attacker
I execute the XSS payload to steal session cookies or authentication tokens from logged-in administrators.
Business
Compromise of admin credentials enables lateral movement into protected networks and potential deployment of ransomware or persistent backdoors.
3

Lateral reach — past segmentation narrative 3

Attacker
I use the compromised firewall access to modify security policies, disable logging, or establish command-and-control channels.
Business
Loss of perimeter security control, undetected data exfiltration, and inability to respond to or investigate security incidents.
04

What to do

— defensible action
  • Remediate per the vendor advisory — confirm the fixed build for your version and verify exposure.1
Say it to the boardA vulnerability with this evidence profile is a defensible budget line, not a backlog ticket — fund the change against the proof above.
05

Coverage & confidence

— what we know, and what we don’t

Established (cited)

  • KEV listing (CISA)
  • Ransomware-use flag (CISA)
  • EPSS probability (FIRST)
  • Public PoC available (VulnCheck)
  • 375 reported-exploitation source(s)
  • CWE weakness mapping (NVD)
  • Public exploit availability
  • Catalogued by cisco (CNA)
  • Coverage gaps — stated, not hidden

  • No EUVD / GCVE mirror in feed — single-authority dependency for the identifier.
  • EPSS & exposure are time-varying; verify live at the source.
  • Threat-actor attribution not established from feed data — absence of a name is not absence of compromise.
  • No finder/reporter credit recorded in the public CVE entry — the work behind this find is unattributed.
  • Disclosure & credit2
    Catalogued by ciscoCNA
    Credited with finding itNo finder named in the public CVE record — the work behind this find is unattributed.