CVE-2018-2881 Missing authorization in MICROS Retail-J

Medium 6.3 Published 18 Jul 2018 Updated 2 Oct 2024

Low-privileged attackers can modify, read, or disrupt MICROS Retail-J data 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-2018-2881?

CVE-2018-2881 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Oracle Corporation MICROS Retail-J, published on 18 Jul 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Vulnerability in the MICROS Retail-J component of Oracle Retail Applications (subcomponent: Database). Supported versions that are affected are 11.0.x, 12.0.x, 12.1.x, 12.1.1.x, 12.1.2.x and 13.1.x. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise MICROS Retail-J. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of MICROS Retail-J accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of MICROS Retail-J accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of MICROS Retail-J. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 6.3 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L).

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-2881?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Oracle Micros Retail-J.

How do I fix CVE-2018-2881?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-2881 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-2018-2881 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-2881 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-fw75-r9qp-8xw6.