CVE-2018-16959

Description

An issue was discovered in Oracle WebCenter Interaction Portal 10.3.3. The portal component is delivered with an insecure default User Profile community configuration that allows anonymous users to retrieve the account names of all portal users via /portal/server.pt/user/user/ requests. When WCI is synchronised with Active Directory (AD), this vulnerability can expose the account names of all AD users. NOTE: this CVE is assigned by MITRE and isn't validated by Oracle because Oracle WebCenter Interaction Portal is out of support.

Category

5.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.17%
Third-Party Advisory securityfocus.com Third-Party Advisory seclists.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Sep/22 third party advisory mailing list
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105350 third party advisory vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2018-16959?
CVE-2018-16959 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2018-16959?
To fix CVE-2018-16959, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2018-16959 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2018-16959 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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