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CVE-2017-12316

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-12316 is a vulnerability in the Guest Portal login page of Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) that allows unauthenticated, remote attackers to bypass login attempt limits. This is due to insufficient server-side enforcement, enabling brute-force password attacks. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), indicating it can be exploited over the network with low complexity to achieve high confidentiality impact. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been observed, and community discussion is minimal, organizations using affected Cisco ISE software should be aware of this potential risk.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.1\(0.229\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:identity_services_engine_software:2.1\(0.229\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.03%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
79.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0203 is in the 63rd percentile among its peer group of 51,466 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

ciscovendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

tools.cisco.com / security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20171115-ise
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/101931
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1039830
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry