CVE-2018-2853 Missing authorization in Hospitality Simphony First Edition

Medium 5.4 Published 19 Apr 2018 Updated 3 Oct 2024

Low-privileged attackers can modify or read data in Oracle Hospitality Simphony via HTTP due to missing authorization checks.

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-2018-2853?

CVE-2018-2853 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Oracle Corporation Hospitality Simphony First Edition, 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 Simphony First Edition component of Oracle Hospitality Applications (subcomponent: Operations, Client Application Loader). Supported versions that are affected are 1.6 and 1.7. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Hospitality Simphony First Edition. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle Hospitality Simphony First Edition accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle Hospitality Simphony First Edition accessible data. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 5.4 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N).

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-2853?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Oracle Hospitality Simphony.

How do I fix CVE-2018-2853?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-2853 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-2018-2853 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-2853 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-hrrf-ww67-wf58.