SB2022110113 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Oracle Application Express

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SB2022110113 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Oracle Application Express

Published: November 1, 2022 Updated: November 7, 2022

Security Bulletin ID SB2022110113
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.


1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-41184)

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

CVSSv4: 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:Green


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

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of values passed to the `of` option. A remote attacker can 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.


2) Incorrect Regular Expression (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-24729)

CWE-ID: CWE-185 - Incorrect Regular Expression

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform regular expression denial of service attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in CKEditor 4 dialog plugin. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References