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.
Published:Oct 21, 2020
Last Modified:Aug 11, 2026
EPS:Oct 21, 2020
EPSS Score:0.01232
CVSS Score:5.3
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Cisco
Product
Adaptive Security Appliance Software
Cisco
Adaptive Security Appliance Software
Vendor
Cisco
Product
Firepower Threat Defense
Cisco
Firepower Threat Defense
Vendor
Cisco
Product
Secure Firewall Threat Defense
Cisco
Secure Firewall Threat Defense
Exploits
No exploit reference
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
No CAPEC recorded yet
Related CVEs
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
