What is CVE-2018-16958?

CVE-2018-16958 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oracle Webcenter Interaction, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2018-09-18.

How severe is CVE-2018-16958?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Oracle Webcenter Interaction

CVE-2018-16958

An issue was discovered in Oracle WebCenter Interaction Portal 10.3.3. The ASP.NET_SessionID primary session cookie, when Internet Information Services (IIS) with ASP.NET is used, is not protected with the HttpOnly attribute. The attribute cannot be enabled by customers. Consequently, this cookie is exposed to session hijacking attacks should an adversary be able to execute JavaScript in the origin of the portal installation. NOTE: this CVE is assigned by MITRE and isn't validated by Oracle because Oracle WebCenter Interaction Portal is out of support.

EPSS: 0.009 (55.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

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

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-732 — Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

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-2018-16958?: CVE-2018-16958 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oracle Webcenter Interaction, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2018-09-18.
How severe is CVE-2018-16958?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.