Identity Services Engine SoftwareApplication · Cisco
CVE-2015-4182
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedThe administrative web interface in Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) before 1.3 allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions, and obtain sensitive information or change settings, via unspecified vectors, aka Bug ID CSCui72087.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceCisco ISE before version 1.3 contains an access control bypass vulnerability in its administrative web interface. Authenticated users can circumvent intended privilege restrictions to access sensitive information or modify system settings they should not have permission to view or change.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
Identity Services Engine SoftwareApplication
= 1.0.4.573= 1.0_base= 1.1= 1.2= 1.2\(0.747\)= 1.2\(0.899\)= 1.2\(1.901\)= 1.3= 1.4CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Authentication
- Single
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- None
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify Cisco ISE installationCheck if Cisco Identity Services Engine is installed on the system by looking for the ISE service or process, or by accessing the admin web interface URL (typically https://<ise-hostname>/admin/)Affected if The product is not Cisco ISE, this check does not apply. If Cisco ISE is present, proceed to version check.
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Determine installed Cisco ISE versionLog into the Cisco ISE admin web interface and navigate to Administration > System > Licensing, or use the CLI command 'show version' to display the running software versionAffected if The installed version matches one of the following: 1.0.4.573, 1.0_base, 1.1, 1.2, 1.2(0.747), 1.2(0.899), 1.2(1.901), 1.3, or 1.4. Compare your version against this list to determine if you are within the affected range.
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Verify admin web interface is accessibleConfirm the Cisco ISE administrative web interface (typically on port 443 or 8443) is reachable from network locations where untrusted users could authenticateAffected if The admin web interface is exposed to users who have valid but limited-privilege Cisco ISE accounts, allowing them to attempt privilege escalation.
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Review administrative user accountsCheck the Cisco ISE admin panel for user accounts with elevated privileges under Administration > Identity Management > Identities > UsersAffected if There exist authenticated users with limited privileges who could potentially exploit this access control bypass to gain unauthorized access to sensitive information or modify system settings.
A user is affected if Cisco ISE version 1.0.4.573, 1.0_base, 1.1, 1.2, 1.2(0.747), 1.2(0.899), 1.2(1.901), 1.3, or 1.4 is running and the admin web interface is accessible to authenticated users with restricted privileges.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpgrade Cisco ISE to version 1.3 or later to remediate this access control bypass vulnerability. Additionally, review administrative user accounts and privileges to ensure least-privilege principles are enforced.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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