Cisco Identity Services Engine Software up to 3.4.0 Web-based Management Interface cross site scripting

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Cisco Identity Services Engine Software. Affected is an unknown function of the component Web-based Management Interface. The manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2025-20205. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Cisco Identity Services Engine Software. Affected is some unknown functionality of the component Web-based Management Interface. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. This is going to have an impact on integrity. CVE summarizes:

Multiple vulnerabilities in the web-based management interface of Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) guest portals could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks against a user of the interface. These vulnerabilities are due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input by the web-based management interface of an affected system. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by injecting malicious code into specific pages of the interface. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary script code in the context of the affected interface or access sensitive, browser-based information. To exploit these vulnerabilities, the attacker must have valid administrative credentials.

The advisory is shared for download at sec.cloudapps.cisco.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-20205 since 10/10/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are needed for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 215123 (Cisco Identity Services Engine Stored XSS (cisco-sa-ise-xss-42tgsdMG)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (215123). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Type

• Policy Management Software

Vendor

• Cisco

Name

• Identity Services Engine Software

Version

• 3.0.0
• 3.0.0 p1
• 3.0.0 p2
• 3.0.0 p3
• 3.0.0 p4
• 3.0.0 p5
• 3.0.0 p6
• 3.0.0 p7
• 3.0.0 p8
• 3.1.0
• 3.1.0 p1
• 3.1.0 p2
• 3.1.0 p3
• 3.1.0 p4
• 3.1.0 p5
• 3.1.0 p6
• 3.1.0 p7
• 3.1.0 p8
• 3.1.0 p9
• 3.2.0
• 3.2.0 p1
• 3.2.0 p2
• 3.2.0 p3
• 3.2.0 p4
• 3.2.0 p5
• 3.2.0 p6
• 3.3 Patch 1
• 3.3 Patch 2
• 3.3 Patch 3
• 3.3.0
• 3.4.0

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.cisco.com/

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