CVE-2018-3049 Cross-site scripting in FLEXCUBE Enterprise Limits and Collateral Management

Medium 5.4 Published 18 Jul 2018 Updated 2 Oct 2024

Low-privileged attackers can exploit this vulnerability to read and modify data in Oracle FLEXCUBE via HTTP, requiring user interaction.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: A user has to click or open something
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2018-3049?

CVE-2018-3049 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Oracle Corporation FLEXCUBE Enterprise Limits and Collateral Management, published on 18 Jul 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Vulnerability in the Oracle FLEXCUBE Enterprise Limits and Collateral Management component of Oracle Financial Services Applications (subcomponent: Infrastructure). Supported versions that are affected are 12.3.0, 14.0.0 and 14.1.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle FLEXCUBE Enterprise Limits and Collateral Management. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker and while the vulnerability is in Oracle FLEXCUBE Enterprise Limits and Collateral Management, attacks may significantly impact additional products. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle FLEXCUBE Enterprise Limits and Collateral Management accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle FLEXCUBE Enterprise Limits and Collateral Management 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:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N).

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-3049?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Oracle Flexcube Enterprise Limits and Collateral Management.

How do I fix CVE-2018-3049?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-3049 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2018-3049 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-3049 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-x8gq-r6f4-g598.