CVE-2014-8012 Cross-site scripting in n/a

What is CVE-2014-8012?

CVE-2014-8012 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software, published on 18 Dec 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the WebVPN Portal Login page in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via crafted attributes in a cookie, aka Bug ID CSCuh24695.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-8012?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software.

How do I fix CVE-2014-8012?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-8012 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2014-8012 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-8012 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software

• CVE-2025-20333 Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.9
• CVE-2016-6366 Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) SNMP Buffer Overflow Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2026-20349 Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Heap Inspection Exploited High 8.6
• CVE-2024-20353 Cisco ASA and FTD Denial of Service Exploited High 8.6
• CVE-2016-6367 Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) CLI Remote Code Execution Exploited High 7.8

All Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-44w2-xrgw-gqvj.