THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2018-3238
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2018-3238

Webcenter Sites vulnerability

CVSS
6.9
EPSS
4.6%
EPSS pct
91th
Exploited
No known
Vulnerability in the Oracle WebCenter Sites component of Oracle Fusion Middleware (subcomponent: Advanced UI). The supported version that is affected is 11.1.1.8.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle WebCenter Sites. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker and while the vulnerability is in Oracle WebCenter Sites, attacks may significantly impact additional products. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle WebCenter Sites accessible data as well as unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle WebCenter Sites accessible data. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 6.9 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N).
Affected vendor
Oracle
Affected product
Webcenter Sites
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
Published
2018-10-17

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring high privileges, user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, low impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 4.6% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 91% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2018-3238

  • Confirm whether Oracle Webcenter Sites is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2018-3238.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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