CVE-2018-2704 Missing authorization in Banking Payments

High 8.1 Published 18 Jan 2018 Updated 3 Oct 2024

Low-privileged attackers can modify critical data or cause denial of service in Oracle Banking Payments 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-2018-2704?

CVE-2018-2704 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Oracle Corporation Banking Payments, 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 Banking Payments component of Oracle Financial Services Applications (subcomponent: Payments Core). Supported versions that are affected are 12.3.0 and 12.4.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Banking Payments. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all Oracle Banking Payments accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle Banking Payments. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 8.1 (Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H).

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-2704?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Oracle Banking Payments.

How do I fix CVE-2018-2704?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-2704 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-2018-2704 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-2704 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-h9qp-87rf-3frv.