What is CVE-2018-16954?

CVE-2018-16954 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oracle Webcenter Interaction, classified under URL Redirection to Untrusted Site (Open Redirect). CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-09-18.

How severe is CVE-2018-16954?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

Open Redirect in Oracle Webcenter Interaction

CVE-2018-16954

An issue was discovered in Oracle WebCenter Interaction Portal 10.3.3. The login function of the portal is vulnerable to insecure redirection (also called an open redirect). The in_hi_redirect parameter is not validated by the application after a successful login. NOTE: this CVE is assigned by MITRE and isn't validated by Oracle because Oracle WebCenter Interaction Portal is out of support.

Vulnerability class: Open Redirect

Published 2018-09-18 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (63.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 64th percentile — 63.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Oracle Webcenter Interaction — versions 10.3.3

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-601 — URL Redirection to Untrusted Site (Open Redirect)

References

seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Sep/22 (Exploit, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/105350 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-16954?: CVE-2018-16954 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oracle Webcenter Interaction, classified under URL Redirection to Untrusted Site (Open Redirect). CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-09-18.
How severe is CVE-2018-16954?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.