CVE-2018-2670 Cross-site scripting in Financial Services Profitability Management

Medium 6.1 Published 18 Jan 2018 Updated 3 Oct 2024

Unauthenticated attackers can exploit a UI vulnerability in Oracle Financial Services Profitability Management to read and modify data via HTTP.

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-2018-2670?

CVE-2018-2670 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Oracle Corporation Financial Services Profitability Management, published on 18 Jan 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

Vulnerability in the Oracle Financial Services Profitability Management component of Oracle Financial Services Applications (subcomponent: User Interface). Supported versions that are affected are 6.1.x and 8.0.x. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Financial Services Profitability Management. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker and while the vulnerability is in Oracle Financial Services Profitability Management, attacks may significantly impact additional products. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle Financial Services Profitability Management accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle Financial Services Profitability Management accessible data. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 6.1 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N).

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-2670?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Oracle Financial Services Profitability Management.

How do I fix CVE-2018-2670?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-2670 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-2018-2670 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-2670 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-hqgq-m6c3-h6wg.