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AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Network-reachable web UI (AV:N/AC:L) but requires high-privilege admin with user-management rights (PR:H); leaks passwords (C:H) with no integrity or availability impact.
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A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco ISE could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to obtain sensitive information from network users that are outside the security group that the attacker is assigned to.
This vulnerability exists because certain files lack proper authorization enforcement. An attacker with administrative privileges and management rights over network users could exploit this vulnerability by exporting the users. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to view passwords that are normally not visible to administrators.
AnalysisAI
Authenticated Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) administrators who hold delegated management rights over network users can abuse the platform's user-export function to read records - including normally hidden user passwords - belonging to security groups they are not assigned to, because the files backing that export lack proper authorization enforcement. The issue affects ISE 3.1 through 3.5 (and equivalent ISE-PIC deployments) at the patch levels enumerated in the Cisco advisory, and requires a valid high-privileged account with user-management delegation plus access to the web-based management interface; unauthenticated, read-only, or otherwise unprivileged users cannot trigger it. …
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Vulnerability AssessmentAI
| Exploitation | Exploitation requires an authenticated Cisco ISE administrator account that has been granted management rights over network users; the attacker then uses the user-export feature, whose underlying files lack proper authorization enforcement, to read data for users outside their assigned security group. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment. |
| Risk Assessment | This is a genuine but tightly-gated confidentiality issue, not a broad emergency. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in. |
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| Remediation | Apply the fixed software release identified in Cisco Security Advisory cisco-sa-ise-multi-vuln-kWLeNnRD (https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ise-multi-vuln-kWLeNnRD), which is the authoritative source for the patched patch levels corresponding to each affected ISE 3.1-3.5 train - Cisco patch numbering differs per train, so verify the exact target build for your branch before upgrading rather than assuming a generic latest version; the provided data does not enumerate specific fix build numbers, so treat the advisory as the definitive version reference. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report. |
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