Cisco Identity Services Engine Software Admin Portal information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Cisco Identity Services Engine Software. This affects an unknown part of the component Admin Portal. The manipulation results in information disclosure. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2020-3525. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Cisco Identity Services Engine Software (version unknown). Affected is an unknown function of the component Admin Portal. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

A vulnerability in the Admin portal of Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to recover service account passwords that are saved on an affected system. 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. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to recover passwords and expose those accounts to further attack.Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.

The advisory is shared for download at sec.cloudapps.cisco.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2020-3525 since 12/12/2019. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.2

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VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

12/12/2019 🔍
11/18/2024 +1803 days 🔍
11/18/2024 +0 days 🔍
06/24/2025 +218 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco-sa-ise-pass-disclosure-K8p2Nsgg
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2020-3525 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-3525
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-285012

Entryinfo

Created: 11/18/2024 17:48
Updated: 06/24/2025 19:09
Changes: 11/18/2024 17:48 (64), 06/24/2025 19:09 (1)
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