TI-2013-04731 Aliases CVE-2013-5538 GHSA-p4gw-4f9m-3rw4

The Sponsor Portal in Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) uses weak permissions for…

LOW 25CWE-264Published 2013-10-16 · Updated 2024-09-17

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Partial · None · None
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-264.

Summary

The Sponsor Portal in Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) uses weak permissions for uploaded files, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a direct request, aka Bug ID CSCui67506.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01186 68th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:identity_services_engine_software:-:::::::*	not specified by NVD	Vulnerable	Cisco
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:identity_services_engine:-:::::::*	not specified by NVD	Vulnerable	Cisco

cpe:2.3:a:cisco:identity_services_engine_software:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Vulnerable ·Cisco
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:identity_services_engine:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Vulnerable ·Cisco

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2013-5538
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-p4gw-4f9m-3rw4

References

Advisory 1

20131015 Cisco Identity Services Engine Sponsor Portal File Access Vulnerability

TI-2026-53488 Cisco Identity Services Engine Authentication Bypass Vulnerability KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
TI-2025-14632 Cisco ISE API Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution Vulnerability KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
TI-2025-14578 Cisco ISE API Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution Vulnerability KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
TI-2021-19919 Apache Log4j2 JNDI features do not protect against attacker controlled LDAP and other JNDI related endpoints KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
TI-2025-14579 Cisco ISE API Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution Vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
TI-2022-05522 OS command injection in Cisco Identity Services Engine Software CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8

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Sources

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