Stored cross-site scripting in Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition - CVE-2021-2003
Published: January 20, 2021 / Updated: January 25, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU49796
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-2003
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vendor: Oracle
Affected software:
Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition
Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition
Detailed vulnerability description
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote user to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in Analytics Web Dashboards component. A remote user can store and execute arbitrary HTML and script 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.
How to mitigate CVE-2021-2003
Install updates from vendor's website.