Medium severity4.8NVD Advisory· Published Jan 20, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-1271
CVE-2021-1271
Description
A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco AsyncOS for Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to conduct a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) attack against a user of the interface of an affected device. The vulnerability exists because the web-based management interface does not properly validate user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by inserting malicious data into a specific data field in an affected interface. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary script code in the context of the affected interface.
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Affected products
3- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:web_security_virtual_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*Range: <12.5.1
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Patches
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