Cisco Identity Services Engine Multiple Vulnerabilities (cisco-sa-ise-xxe-inj-696OZTCm)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 234136

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.

- Multiple vulnerabilities in the web-based management interface of Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to read arbitrary files or conduct a server-side request forgery (SSRF) attack through an affected device. To exploit these vulnerabilities, an attacker must have valid Administrator credentials on the affected device. For more information about these vulnerabilities, see the Details section of this advisory. (CVE-2023-20173, CVE-2023-20174)

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 CSCwd38137, CSCwd93719

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?5ef32e3c

https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCwd38137

https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCwd93719

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 234136

File Name: cisco-sa-ise-xxe-inj-696OZTCm.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Family: CISCO

Published: 4/10/2025

Updated: 4/10/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

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-2023-20173

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:H/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: 5/17/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/18/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-20173, CVE-2023-20174