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Cisco Identity Services Engine Multiple Vulnerabilities (cisco-sa-ise-multi-3VpsXOxO)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 242172

Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.

Description

According to its self-reported version, Cisco ISE is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

 - A vulnerability in a specific API of Cisco ISE and Cisco ISE-PIC could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the underlying operating system as root. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. An attacker with valid credentials could exploit this vulnerability by submitting a crafted API request. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute commands as the root user. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid high- privileged credentials. (CVE-2025-20283, CVE-2025-20284)

Please see the included Cisco BIDs and Cisco Security Advisory for more information.

Solution

Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug IDs CSCwp02806, CSCwp02811, CSCwp02819

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?474932cb

https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCwp02806

https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCwp02811

https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCwp02819

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 242172

File Name: cisco-sa-ise-multi-3VpsXOxO_CVE-2025-20284_CVE-2025-20283.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Family: CISCO

Published: 7/16/2025

Updated: 7/16/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.7

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-20284

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/h:cisco:identity_services_engine, cpe:/a:cisco:identity_services_engine, cpe:/a:cisco:identity_services_engine_software

Required KB Items: Host/Cisco/ISE/version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/16/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/16/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-20283, CVE-2025-20284