CVE-2018-2888 Missing authorization in MICROS Retail-J

Medium 6.7 Published 18 Jul 2018 Updated 2 Oct 2024

Physical access allows attackers to modify or read critical data and cause partial denial of service in Oracle MICROS Retail-J.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: An administrator
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: A user has to click or open something
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2018-2888?

CVE-2018-2888 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Oracle Corporation MICROS Retail-J, published on 18 Jul 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Vulnerability in the MICROS Retail-J component of Oracle Retail Applications (subcomponent: Back Office). Supported versions that are affected are 10.2.x, 11.0.x, 12.0.x, 12.1.x, 12.1.1.x,12.1.2.x and 13.1.x. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows physical access to compromise MICROS Retail-J. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker and while the vulnerability is in MICROS Retail-J, attacks may significantly impact additional products. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all MICROS Retail-J accessible data as well as unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all 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 6.7 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L).

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-2888?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Oracle Micros Retail-J.

How do I fix CVE-2018-2888?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-2888 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-2018-2888 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-2888 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-px33-mmj4-xghq.