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Cisco Identity Services Engine (cisco-sa-ise_xss_acc_cont-YsR4uT4U)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 244053

Synopsis

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

Description

According to its self-reported version, Cisco ISE is affected by a vulnerability.

 - A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco ISE could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to modify parts of the configuration on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to the lack of server-side validation of Administrator permissions. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting a crafted HTTP request to an affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to modify descriptions of files on a specific page. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need valid read-only Administratorcredentials. (CVE-2025-20332)

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 CSCwk14928, CSCwm03606

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?1371b1c0

https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCwk14928

https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCwm03606

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 244053

File Name: cisco-sa-ise_xss_acc_cont-YsR4uT4U_CVE-2025-20332.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Family: CISCO

Published: 8/6/2025

Updated: 8/6/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-20332

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/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: 8/6/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/6/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-20332