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Oracle WebCenter Portal Multiple Vulnerabilities (Oct 2020 CPU)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 142223
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Synopsis
An application server installed on the remote host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.Description
The version of Oracle WebCenter Portal installed on the remote host is missing a security patch from the October 2020 Critical Patch Update (CPU). It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities, including the following:- dom4j before 2.0.3 and 2.1.x before 2.1.3 allows external DTDs and External Entities by default, which might enable XXE attacks. However, there is popular external documentation from OWASP showing how to enable the safe, non-default behavior in any application that uses dom4j. (CVE-2020-10683)
- A vulnerability in the Oracle Coherence product of Oracle Fusion Middleware (component: Caching, CacheStore, Invocation). Supported versions that are affected are 3.7.1.0, 12.1.3.0.0, 12.2.1.3.0 and 12.2.1.4.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via T3 to compromise Oracle Coherence. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle Coherence. (CVE-2020-2555)
- xstream API version 1.4.10 before 1.4.11 introduced a regression for a previous deserialization flaw. If the security framework has not been initialized, it may allow a remote attacker to run arbitrary shell commands when unmarshalling XML or any supported format. e.g. JSON. (CVE-2019-10173)
- A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the HTML Data Processor for CKEditor 4.0 before 4.14 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script through a crafted protected comment (with the cke_protected syntax). (CVE-2020-9281)
Note that Nessus has not attempted to exploit these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Apply the appropriate patch according to the October 2020 Oracle Critical Patch Update advisory.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 142223
File Name: oracle_webcenter_portal_cpu_oct_2020.nbin
Version: 1.118
Type: local
Agent: windows, macosx, unix
Family: Misc.
Published: 11/3/2020
Updated: 6/23/2025
Configuration: Enable thorough checks (optional)
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: High
Score: 8.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 6.2
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-2555
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.8
Temporal Score: 9.1
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:oracle:fusion_middleware
Required KB Items: installed_sw/Oracle WebCenter Portal
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 10/20/2020
Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/20/2020
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 5/3/2022
Exploitable With
Core Impact
Metasploit (WebLogic Server Deserialization RCE - BadAttributeValueExpException)
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2019-10173, CVE-2020-10683, CVE-2020-2555, CVE-2020-9281
IAVA: 2021-A-0326