CVE-2019-2959 Missing authorization in Hyperion Financial Reporting

Medium 4.2 Published 16 Oct 2019 Updated 1 Oct 2024

High-privileged attackers can modify or delete critical data in Oracle Hyperion Financial Reporting via HTTP with user interaction.

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

What is CVE-2019-2959?

CVE-2019-2959 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Oracle Corporation Hyperion Financial Reporting, published on 16 Oct 2019. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Vulnerability in the Hyperion Financial Reporting product of Oracle Hyperion (component: Security Models). The supported version that is affected is 11.1.2.4. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Hyperion Financial Reporting. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all Hyperion Financial Reporting accessible data. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 4.2 (Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N).

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-2959?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Oracle Hyperion Financial Reporting.

How do I fix CVE-2019-2959?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-2959 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-2019-2959 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-2959 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-4cr9-hrr7-mxfq.