CVE-2018-15456

mediumpriority · track · 20EPSS 0.013 · 70 %ileEURUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

1.28% (70th) EPSS

CVSS 4 · medium

Is it mine?

10 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cisco_csaf

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

A vulnerability in the Admin Portal of Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to view saved passwords in plain text. The vulnerability is due to the incorrect inclusion of saved passwords when loading configuration pages in the Admin Portal. An attacker with read or write access to the Admin Portal could exploit this vulnerability by browsing to a page that contains sensitive data. An exploit could allow the attacker to recover passwords for unauthorized use and expose those accounts to further attack.

remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

FixedCisco Identity Services Engine Softwarecisco_csaf
Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability.
https://software.cisco.com

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

4.9

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.04mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8 · impact 2.9

v3.04.9mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.2 · impact 3.6

v3.04.3mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.04.3mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:Nsecondary · Cisco PSIRT US

v3.04.3mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:Nsecondary · psirt@cisco.com USexploitability 2.8 · impact 1.4

v3.04.5mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

v3.14.3mediumAV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:Nsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Trackcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-522USprimaryCWE-200USCWE-200US

affected products (10)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Cisco Cisco Identity Services Engine Softwareall versionscisco_csafUS
Cisco Cisco Identity Services Engine Software≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
Cisco Systems Inc. Cisco Identity Services Engine≤ 2.4(100.159)fstec_bduRU
Cisco Systems Inc. Cisco Identity Services Engine≤ 2.4(0.357)fstec_bduRU
Cisco Systems Inc. Cisco Identity Services Engine≤ 2.3(0.298)fstec_bduRU
Cisco Systems Inc. Cisco Identity Services Engine≤ 2.2(0.470)fstec_bduRU
cisco identity services engine= 2.2(0.470)nvdUScpe:2.3:a:cisco:identity_services_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco identity services engine= 2.3(0.298)nvdUScpe:2.3:a:cisco:identity_services_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco identity services engine= 2.4(0.357)nvdUScpe:2.3:a:cisco:identity_services_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco identity services engine= 2.4(100.159)nvdUScpe:2.3:a:cisco:identity_services_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

cisco-sa-20190109-ise-passwdCisco Identity Services Engine Password Recovery Vulnerability2019-01-09csaf · cisco_csafUS
A vulnerability in the Admin Portal of Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to view saved passwords in plain text. The vulnerability is due to the incorrect inclusion of saved passwords when loading configuration pages in the Admin Portal. An attacker with read or write access to the Admin Portal could exploit this vulnerability by browsing to a page that contains sensitive data. An exploit could allow the attacker to recover passwords for unauthorized use and expose those accounts to further attack. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability. This advisory is available at the following link: https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190109-ise-passwd ["https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190109-ise-passwd"]

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cisco_csaf nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2019-01-10modified 2026-06-17

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references (6)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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