CVE-2018-16952 Cross-site request forgery in n/a

High 8.8 Published 18 Sep 2018 Updated 5 Aug 2024

Attackers can force authenticated users to perform sensitive actions like password changes due to missing CSRF protection in the portal.

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

What is CVE-2018-16952?

CVE-2018-16952 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 18 Sep 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The Oracle WebCenter Interaction Portal 10.3.3 does not implement protection against Cross-site Request Forgery in its design. The impact is sensitive actions in the portal (such as changing a portal user's password). NOTE: this CVE is assigned by MITRE and isn't validated by Oracle because Oracle WebCenter Interaction Portal is out of support.

Weakness: CWE-352

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-16952?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Oracle Webcenter Interaction.

How do I fix CVE-2018-16952?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-16952 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2018-16952 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-16952 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-hqxp-28j2-46jm.