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CVE-2021-1490

6.1 mediumEPSS 0.7%

Medium (6.1) in cisco web security appliance. EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco AsyncOS for Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack against a user of the interface of an affected device. This vulnerability is due to improper validation of user-supplied input in the web-based management interface. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by persuading a user to retrieve a crafted file that contains malicious payload and upload it to the affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary script code in the context of the affected interface or access sensitive, browser-based information.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

6.1 medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS
0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 53% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE
CWE-79
Published
Modified
Record from
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Affected

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