# CVE-2018-2584: Information disclosure in WebCenter Sites

> A low-privileged attacker can exploit this vulnerability in Oracle WebCenter Sites to gain unauthorized read access to a subset of accessible data.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 18 Jan 2018
- **Updated:** 3 Oct 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-955h-r8p9-rwp9

## What is CVE-2018-2584?

CVE-2018-2584 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oracle Webcenter Sites, published on 18 Jan 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Vulnerability in the Oracle WebCenter Sites component of Oracle Fusion Middleware (subcomponent: Advanced UI). The supported version that is affected is 11.1.1.8.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle WebCenter Sites. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle WebCenter Sites accessible data. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 4.3 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N).

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-2584?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Oracle Webcenter Sites.

## How do I fix CVE-2018-2584?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-2584 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2018-2584 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-2584 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Oracle Webcenter Sites

- [CVE-2026-46798](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-46798/): Auth bypass in Oracle WebCenter Sites (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2026-46800](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-46800/): Auth bypass in Oracle WebCenter Sites (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2026-61021](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-61021/): Auth bypass in Oracle WebCenter Sites (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2026-60552](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-60552/): Auth bypass in Oracle WebCenter Sites (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2026-61018](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-61018/): Auth bypass in Oracle WebCenter Sites (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-2584 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2018-2584 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oracle Webcenter Sites, published on 18 Jan 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-2584 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Oracle Webcenter Sites. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-2584/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-2584/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-2584
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-2584
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-2584

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