CVE-2018-2887 Missing authorization in MICROS Retail-J

Medium 6.5 Published 17 Oct 2018 Updated 2 Oct 2024

Unauthenticated attackers can modify and read data in Oracle MICROS Retail-J via HTTP due to missing authorization checks.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2018-2887?

CVE-2018-2887 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Oracle Corporation MICROS Retail-J, published on 17 Oct 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Vulnerability in the MICROS Retail-J component of Oracle Retail Applications (subcomponent: Back Office). Supported versions that are affected are 13.0.0 and 12.1.2. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated 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. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 6.5 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N).

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-2887?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Oracle Micros Retail-J.

How do I fix CVE-2018-2887?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-2887 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-2018-2887 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-2887 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-8xgx-x9qh-pf23.