Multiple vulnerabilities in Oracle Application Express

Published: 2022-11-01 | Updated: 2022-11-07

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2021-41184 CVE-2022-24729
CWE-ID	CWE-79 CWE-185
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	Public exploit code for vulnerability #1 is available.
Vulnerable software Subscribe	Oracle Application Express Web applications / Remote management & hosting panels
Vendor	Oracle

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Cross-site scripting

EUVDB-ID: #VU58271

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1:

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-41184

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 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.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Oracle Application Express: 22.1.0

CPE2.3

cpe:2.3:a:oracle:oracle_application_express:22.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

http://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html?534662

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

2) Incorrect Regular Expression

EUVDB-ID: #VU61427

Risk: Low