CVE-2017-10423 Cross-site scripting in Retail Back Office

Medium 5.4 Published Updated

Low-privileged attackers can exploit this vulnerability to read and modify data in Oracle Retail Back Office via HTTP.

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-2017-10423?

CVE-2017-10423 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Oracle Corporation Retail Back Office, published on 19 Oct 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 Retail Back Office component of Oracle Retail Applications (subcomponent: Security). Supported versions that are affected are 13.2, 13.3, 13.4, 14.0 and 14.1. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Retail Back Office. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker and while the vulnerability is in Oracle Retail Back Office, attacks may significantly impact additional products. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle Retail Back Office accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle Retail Back Office accessible data. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 5.4 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N).

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-10423?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Oracle Retail Back Office.

How do I fix CVE-2017-10423?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-10423 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2017-10423 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-10423 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-6hvg-hr6m-367h.

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