CVE-2018-15456
MEDIUMCisco Identity Services Engine - Authenticated Plaintext Password Exposure in Admin Portal
Title source: llmDescription
A vulnerability in the Admin Portal of Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to view saved passwords in plain text. The vulnerability is due to the incorrect inclusion of saved passwords when loading configuration pages in the Admin Portal. An attacker with read or write access to the Admin Portal could exploit this vulnerability by browsing to a page that contains sensitive data. An exploit could allow the attacker to recover passwords for unauthorized use and expose those accounts to further attack.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_cisco
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190109-ise-passwd
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106512
Scores
CVSS v3
4.3
EPSS
0.0128
EPSS Percentile
66.3%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-200
CWE-522
Status
published
Products (4)
cisco/identity_services_engine
2.2\(0.470\)
cisco/identity_services_engine
2.3\(0.298\)
cisco/identity_services_engine
2.4\(0.357\)
cisco/identity_services_engine
2.4\(100.159\)
Published
Jan 10, 2019
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026