Cisco · Cisco Web Security Appliance · CVE-2021-1490
**Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions**
Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA) versions (affected versions not specified)
**Description**
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.
**Recommendations**
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.