CVE-2018-15459

MEDIUM

Cisco Identity Services Engine - Authenticated Privilege Escalation via Administrative Web Interface

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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 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
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