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Cisco Identity Services Engine (cisco-sa-ise-file-upload-qksX6C8g)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 253042

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 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. (CVE-2025-20131)

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

Solution

Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug ID CSCwj33527

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?9a10fb37

https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCwj33527

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 253042

File Name: cisco-sa-ise-file-upload-qksX6C8g.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Family: CISCO

Published: 8/20/2025

Updated: 8/20/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 4.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-20131

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/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: 8/20/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/20/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-20131