cisco identity-services-engine CVE-2018-15459 vulnerability in Cisco Products
Published on January 23, 2019

Cisco Identity Services Engine Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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.

Vendor Advisory NVD

Weakness Type

What is an Authorization Vulnerability?

The software does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor.

CVE-2018-15459 has been classified to as an Authorization vulnerability or weakness.


Products Associated with CVE-2018-15459

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Affected Versions

Cisco Identity Services Engine Software Version n/a is affected by CVE-2018-15459

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.14%
Percentile
33.82%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.