CVE-2018-15459
MEDIUMCisco Identity Services Engine - Authenticated Privilege Escalation via Administrative Web Interface
Title source: llmDescription
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 vulnerability is due to improper controls on certain pages in the web interface. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability 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. An attacker could then use these accounts to perform actions within their scope. The attacker would need valid Admin credentials for the device. This vulnerability cannot be exploited to add a Super Admin account.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_cisco
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190123-ise-privilege
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106707
Scores
CVSS v3
6.5
EPSS
0.0167
EPSS Percentile
73.9%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-284
Status
published
Products (2)
cisco/identity_services_engine
2.3\(0.298\)
cisco/identity_services_engine
2.5\(0.1\)
Published
Jan 23, 2019
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026