# CVE-2018-3142: Information disclosure in Hyperion Essbase Administration Services

> A low-privileged attacker can exploit this vulnerability to gain unauthorized access to critical data within Oracle Hyperion Essbase Administration Services.

- **Severity:** High 7.7 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 17 Oct 2018
- **Updated:** 2 Oct 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-526v-f5r2-7h23

## What is CVE-2018-3142?

CVE-2018-3142 is a high-severity vulnerability in Oracle Corporation Hyperion Essbase Administration Services, published on 17 Oct 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Vulnerability in the Hyperion Essbase Administration Services component of Oracle Hyperion (subcomponent: EAS Console). The supported version that is affected is 11.1.2.4. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Hyperion Essbase Administration Services. While the vulnerability is in Hyperion Essbase Administration Services, attacks may significantly impact additional products. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Hyperion Essbase Administration Services accessible data. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 7.7 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N).

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-3142?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Oracle Hyperion.

## How do I fix CVE-2018-3142?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-3142 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2018-3142 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-3142 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Oracle Corporation Hyperion Essbase Administration Services

- [CVE-2023-22062](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-22062/): Information disclosure in Hyperion Financial Reporting (high 8.5)
- [CVE-2018-3140](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-3140/): Cross-site scripting in Hyperion Essbase Administration Services (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2014-2455](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-2455/): Other in n/a (medium 6.0)
- [CVE-2018-3141](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-3141/): Missing authorization in Hyperion Essbase Administration Services (medium 5.8)
- [CVE-2014-0367](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-0367/): Other in n/a (medium 5.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-3142 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2018-3142 is a high-severity vulnerability in Oracle Corporation Hyperion Essbase Administration Services, published on 17 Oct 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-3142 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Oracle Corporation Hyperion Essbase Administration Services. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-3142/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-3142/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-3142
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-3142
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-3142

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