CVE-2017-10420 Missing authorization in Hospitality Suite8

Medium 6.4 Published 19 Oct 2017 Updated 4 Oct 2024

Low-privileged attackers can modify data and cause partial denial of service in Oracle Hospitality Suite8 via HTTP.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2017-10420?

CVE-2017-10420 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Oracle Corporation Hospitality Suite8, published on 19 Oct 2017. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Vulnerability in the Oracle Hospitality Suite8 component of Oracle Hospitality Applications (subcomponent: Leisure). Supported versions that are affected are 8.10.1 and 8.10.2. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Hospitality Suite8. While the vulnerability is in Oracle Hospitality Suite8, attacks may significantly impact additional products. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle Hospitality Suite8 accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Oracle Hospitality Suite8. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 6.4 (Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L).

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-10420?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Oracle Hospitality Suite8.

How do I fix CVE-2017-10420?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-10420 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-2017-10420 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-10420 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-rfw4-3jx5-8rf4.