Privilege escalation in Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) - CVE-2018-0213
Published: March 10, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU10905
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-0213
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Cisco Systems, Inc
Affected software:
Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)
Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges.
The vulnerability exists in the credential reset functionality due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. A remote attacker can authenticate to the device with valid user credentials, send a specially crafted HTTP request and gain elevated privileges to access functionality that should be restricted.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-0213
Install update from vendor's website.