CVE-2018-2679 Missing authorization in Financial Services Profitability Management

High 8.1 Published 18 Jan 2018 Updated 3 Oct 2024

Low-privileged attackers can unauthorizedly read, create, delete, or modify critical data in Oracle Financial Services Profitability Management 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-2018-2679?

CVE-2018-2679 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Oracle Corporation Financial Services Profitability Management, 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 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 low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Financial Services Profitability Management. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all Oracle Financial Services Profitability Management accessible data as well as unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle Financial Services Profitability Management accessible data. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 8.1 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N).

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-2679?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Oracle Financial Services Profitability Management.

How do I fix CVE-2018-2679?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-2679 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-2018-2679 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-2679 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-qqv4-q4cc-mgqr.