XML External Entity injection in Oracle Retail Central Office



Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2019-13990
CWE-ID CWE-611
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 Oracle Retail Central Office
Other software / Other software solutions

Vendor Oracle

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) XML External Entity injection

EUVDB-ID: #VU19595

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 0.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-13990

CWE-ID: CWE-611 - Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to conduct an XML External Entity (XXE) attack on a targeted system.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied XML input in the "initDocumentParser" function in the "xml/XMLSchedulingDataProcessor.java" file. A remote authenticated attacker can submit a malicious job description to the targeted system and conduct an XXE attack.


Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Oracle Retail Central Office: 14.1

CPE2.3 External links

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html?3342


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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