Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense
CVE-2020-3578
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.
What this means for your business
- It affects Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense. It matters if your company, or a supplier that handles your data, runs it.
- An attacker can use it remotely, over a network, without a login, and without anyone at your company clicking anything.
What to do
- 1Check whether your company or your suppliers run Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense, and which version. The affected versions are listed further down this page.
- 2If you do, apply the vendor's fix. A patch or vendor advisory has been published.
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Scoring
- CVSS
- 5.3 (v3.1)
- Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N- Weakness
- CWE-863
- Assigned by
- psirt@cisco.com
Dates
- Published
- 2020-10-21
- Last modified
- 2026-08-11
- Sources
- NVD
Affected products
- Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense6.4.0 - 6.4.0.10
- Cisco Firepower Threat Defense- 6.3.0.6, 6.5.0 - 6.5.0.5, 6.6.0 - 6.6.1
- Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software- 9.6.4.45, 9.7 - 9.8.4.26, 9.9 - 9.9.2.80, 9.10 - 9.10.1.44, 9.12 - 9.12.4.4, 9.13 - 9.13.1.13, 9.14 - 9.14.1.19
As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.