CVE-2018-2852 Missing authorization in Hospitality Guest Access

Medium 6.4 Published 19 Apr 2018 Updated 3 Oct 2024

Low-privileged attackers can modify or read unauthorized data in Oracle Hospitality Guest Access 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-2018-2852?

CVE-2018-2852 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Oracle Corporation Hospitality Guest Access, published on 19 Apr 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Vulnerability in the Oracle Hospitality Guest Access component of Oracle Hospitality Applications (subcomponent: Base). Supported versions that are affected are 4.2.0 and 4.2.1. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Hospitality Guest Access. While the vulnerability is in Oracle Hospitality Guest Access, attacks may significantly impact additional products. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle Hospitality Guest Access accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle Hospitality Guest Access accessible data. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 6.4 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N).

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-2852?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Oracle Hospitality Guest Access.

How do I fix CVE-2018-2852?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-2852 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-2018-2852 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-2852 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-w68g-3x84-rf76.