PT-2019-1304 · Cisco · Cisco Identity Services Engine

Published 2019-01-23 · Updated 2019-10-09 · CVE-2018-15459

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

8.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) (affected versions not specified)

Description A vulnerability in the administrative web interface of Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to gain additional privileges on an affected device. The issue is due to improper controls on certain pages in the web interface. An attacker could exploit this by authenticating to the device with an administrator account and sending a crafted HTTP request. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to create additional Admin accounts with different user roles, which could then be used to perform actions within their scope. The attacker would need valid Admin credentials for the device. This issue cannot be exploited to add a Super Admin account.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Improper Access Control

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-284

Related Identifiers

BDU:2019-00536

CVE-2018-15459

Affected Products

Cisco Identity Services Engine

References · 5

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-15459 · Vendor Advisory
• https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190123-ise-privilege · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2019-00536 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15459 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/106707 · Note