Multiple vulnerabilities in Oracle Policy Automation

Published: 2020-10-31 | Updated: 2022-07-14

Risk	Low
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2020-9488 CVE-2020-11022
CWE-ID	CWE-295 CWE-79
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	Public exploit code for vulnerability #2 is available.
Vulnerable software	Oracle Policy Automation Other software / Other software solutions
Vendor	Oracle

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Improper Certificate Validation

EUVDB-ID: #VU27487

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 0.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-9488

CWE-ID: CWE-295 - Improper Certificate Validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform man-in-the-middle attack.

The vulnerability exists due to the Apache Log4j SMTP appender does not validate SSL certificates. A remote attacker can perform a MitM attack, intercept and decrypt network traffic.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Oracle Policy Automation: 12.2.0 - 12.2.20

CPE2.3

External links

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html?3192

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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

2) Cross-site scripting

EUVDB-ID: #VU27052

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-11022

CWE-ID: CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Exploit availability: Yes

Description

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in the regex operation in "jQuery.htmlPrefilter". A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application that uses .html()</code>, <code>.append() or similar methods for it and execute arbitrary JavaScript code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Oracle Policy Automation: 12.2.0 - 12.2.20

CPE2.3

External links

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html?3192

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability. However, proof of concept for this vulnerability is available.