Exposed dangerous method or function in Oracle Insurance Policy Administration J2EE

1) Exposed dangerous method or function

EUVDB-ID: #VU28238

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 1.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-10683

CWE-ID: CWE-749 - Exposed Dangerous Method or Function

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to abuse implemented functionality.

The vulnerability exists due to dom4j allows by default external DTDs and External Entities. A remote attacker can abuse this functionality and perform XXE attack against application that uses dom4j default configuration.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Oracle Insurance Policy Administration: 10.2.0 - 11.3.0

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:oracle:oracle_insurance_policy_administration_j2ee:10.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:oracle:oracle_insurance_policy_administration_j2ee:10.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:oracle:oracle_insurance_policy_administration_j2ee:11.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html?936854

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.