CVE-2018-15459 is a privilege escalation vulnerability in the administrative web interface of Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE). An authenticated attacker with existing administrator credentials can exploit this by sending a crafted HTTP request to create additional administrator accounts with different user roles. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.2 (HIGH) due to its potential for high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, though it requires high privileges to exploit and cannot create Super Admin accounts. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.3\(0.298\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:identity_services_engine:2.3\(0.298\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.5\(0.1\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:identity_services_engine:2.5\(0.1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
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