Identity Services Engine SoftwareApplication · Cisco
CVE-2015-6266
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 guest portal in Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) 3300 1.2(0.899) does not restrict access to uploaded HTML documents, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from customized documents via a direct request, aka Bug ID CSCuo78045.
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 · moderate confidenceThe Cisco ISE 3300 guest portal version 1.2(0.899) does not enforce access controls on uploaded HTML documents, allowing remote unauthenticated attackers to directly request and obtain sensitive information from customized portal documents.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
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
= 1.2\(0.899\)CVSS 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
- None
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/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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Verify Cisco ISE versionLog into the Cisco ISE admin web interface and check the Dashboard or navigate to Administration > System > System Info to confirm the exact software version. Alternatively, use the CLI and run 'show version' or 'show udi' to retrieve the running version.Affected if The installed version is exactly 1.2(0.899)
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Confirm guest portal is configuredNavigate to Guest > Portals Configuration in the ISE admin web interface. Verify if a Guest portal is created and enabled.Affected if A guest portal is configured and active in version 1.2(0.899)
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Inspect custom HTML document storageAccess the ISE CLI or use the admin web interface to locate uploaded custom HTML documents. Typically these are stored under the portal's custom file storage area. Check for any HTML files that may contain sensitive information.Affected if Custom HTML documents exist in the guest portal and are accessible without authentication in version 1.2(0.899)
You are affected if your Cisco ISE version is exactly 1.2(0.899) and you have a guest portal with custom HTML documents that can be accessed without authentication.
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 dataImplement proper authentication and authorization checks for all uploaded HTML documents in the guest portal, or remove sensitive content from documents accessible through the portal.
Fix this in Identity Services Engine Software
Scoped from the published advisory
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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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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2015-6266 in production — separate from our analysis above.
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