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Oracle WebCenter Sites (Jan 2021 CPU)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 145244

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Synopsis

An application running on the remote host is affected by a vulnerability

Description

Oracle WebCenter Sites component of Oracle Fusion Middleware is affected by a vulnerability in the jQuery component.
Passing HTML from untrusted sources - even after sanitizing it - to one of jQuery's DOM manipulation methods (i.e.
.html(), .append(), and others) may execute untrusted code.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version

Solution

Apply the appropriate patch according to the January 2021 Oracle Critical Patch Update advisory.

See Also

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html#AppendixFMW

https://www.oracle.com/a/tech/docs/cpujan2021cvrf.xml

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 145244

File Name: oracle_webcenter_sites_jan_2021_cpu.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 1/21/2021

Updated: 1/26/2024

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-11023

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:oracle:fusion_middleware, cpe:/a:oracle:webcenter_sites

Required KB Items: SMB/WebCenter_Sites/Installed

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/19/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/29/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-11022, CVE-2020-11023