CVE-2025-20125
Cisco Identity Services Engine Insufficient Authorization Bypass Vulnerability
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 9.1 Critical
- Published
- Feb 5, 2025
- Updated
- Feb 5, 2025
- Reserved
- Oct 10, 2024
Description
A vulnerability in an API of Cisco ISE could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with valid read-only credentials to obtain sensitive information, change node configurations, and restart the node.
This vulnerability is due to a lack of authorization in a specific API and improper validation of user-supplied data. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to a specific API on the device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to attacker to obtain information, modify system configuration, and reload the device. Note: To successfully exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid read-only administrative credentials. In a single-node deployment, new devices will not be able to authenticate during the reload time.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 9.1 Critical | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H | cisco |
Weaknesses
- CWE-285 Improper Authorization
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Cisco Identity Services Engine SoftwareCisco |
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Cisco ISE Passive Identity ConnectorCisco |
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References
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