CVE-2016-8304 Missing authorization in FLEXCUBE Universal Banking

Medium 5.4 Published Updated

Low-privileged attackers can modify or read banking data via HTTP with user interaction, requiring a patch for Oracle FLEXCUBE Universal Banking.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2016-8304?

CVE-2016-8304 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Oracle Flexcube Universal Banking, published on 27 Jan 2017. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Vulnerability in the Oracle FLEXCUBE Universal Banking component of Oracle Financial Services Applications (subcomponent: Core). Supported versions that are affected are 11.3.0, 11.4.0, 12.0.1, 12.0.2, 12.0.3, 12.1.0 and 12.2.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle FLEXCUBE Universal Banking. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker and while the vulnerability is in Oracle FLEXCUBE Universal Banking, attacks may significantly impact additional products. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle FLEXCUBE Universal Banking accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle FLEXCUBE Universal Banking accessible data. CVSS v3.0 Base Score 5.4 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts).

Weakness: CWE-284

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-8304?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Oracle Flexcube Universal Banking.

How do I fix CVE-2016-8304?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-8304 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2016-8304 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-8304 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Oracle Flexcube Universal Banking vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-jc32-7cw6-gj27.

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