Cisco Identity Services Engine Password Recovery Vulnerability

published 2019-01-10 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-7334

cvss: 4.3; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.3%; EPSS 1.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 70%
public exploits: 0; none known

A vulnerability in the Admin Portal of Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to view saved passwords in plain text. The vulnerability is due to the incorrect inclusion of saved passwords when loading configuration pages in the Admin Portal. An attacker with read or write access to the Admin Portal could exploit this vulnerability by browsing to a page that contains sensitive data. An exploit could allow the attacker to recover passwords for unauthorized use and expose those accounts to further attack.

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 23 mo ago (2024-11-21)

Exploit prediction

1.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 70% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	4.3	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD	3.0	4.9	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	4.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

Cisco Cisco Identity Services Engine Software

Classification

Weakness

CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CWE-522 Insufficiently Protected Credentials

References

tools.cisco.com /security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190109-ise-passwd
vendor-advisory
securityfocus.com /bid/106512
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2018-15456
NVD CVE-2018-15456

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Summary