Cisco Identity Services Engine Software 2.7.0 p8 up to 3.2.0 p6 GUI access control

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco Identity Services Engine Software. It has been declared as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component GUI. The manipulation results in access control. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2025-20131. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Cisco Identity Services Engine Software. Affected is some unknown processing of the component GUI. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A vulnerability in the GUI of Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with administrative privileges to upload files to an affected device. This vulnerability is due to improper validation of the file copy function. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted file upload via the ISE GUI. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to upload arbitrary files to an affected system.

The advisory is shared for download at sec.cloudapps.cisco.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-20131 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. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 08/21/2025). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-25392). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Type

• Policy Management Software

Vendor

• Cisco

Name

• Identity Services Engine Software

Version

• 2.7.0 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
• 3.3.0

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.cisco.com/

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