Privilege escalation in Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) - CVE-2018-15459
Published: January 24, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU17191
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-15459
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 due to improper controls on certain pages in the web interface. A remote attacker can authenticate to the device with an administrator account and sending a crafted HTTP request, create additional Admin accounts with different user roles and then use these accounts to perform actions within their scope.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-15459
The vulnerability has been addressed in the versions 2.4(0.902), 2.3(0.905), 2.2(1.901), 2.2(0.910).