THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2018-16957
CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2018-16957

Webcenter Interaction vulnerability

CVSS
9.8
EPSS
3.4%
EPSS pct
88th
Exploited
No known
The Oracle WebCenter Interaction 10.3.3 search service queryd.exe binary is compiled with the i1g2s3c4 hardcoded password. Authentication to the Oracle WCI search service uses this hardcoded password and cannot be customised by customers. An adversary able to access this service over a network could perform search queries to extract large quantities of sensitive information from the WCI installation. NOTE: this CVE is assigned by MITRE and isn't validated by Oracle because Oracle WebCenter Interaction Portal is out of support.
Affected vendor
Oracle
Affected product
Webcenter Interaction
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-798 — Use of Hard-coded Credentials
Published
2018-09-18

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.4% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 88% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2018-16957

  • Confirm whether Oracle Webcenter Interaction is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2018-16957.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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