What is CVE-2018-16955?

CVE-2018-16955 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oracle Webcenter Interaction, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-09-18.

How severe is CVE-2018-16955?

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

XSS in Oracle Webcenter Interaction

CVE-2018-16955

The login function of Oracle WebCenter Interaction Portal 10.3.3 is vulnerable to reflected cross-site scripting (XSS). The content of the in_hi_redirect parameter, when prefixed with the https:// scheme, is unsafely reflected in a HTML META tag in the HTTP response. NOTE: this CVE is assigned by MITRE and isn't validated by Oracle because Oracle WebCenter Interaction Portal is out of support.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.008 (53.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Oracle Webcenter_interaction — versions 10.3.3
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cve@mitre.org (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-16955?: CVE-2018-16955 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oracle Webcenter Interaction, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-09-18.
How severe is CVE-2018-16955?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.