CVE-2020-14616 in Hospitality Reporting
Summary
by MITRE
Vulnerability in the Oracle Hospitality Reporting and Analytics product of Oracle Food and Beverage Applications (component: Reporting). The supported version that is affected is 9.1.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Hospitality Reporting and Analytics. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle Hospitality Reporting and Analytics accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 2.7 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N).
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Analysis
by VulDB Data Team • 11/01/2020
The vulnerability identified as CVE-2020-14616 resides within Oracle Hospitality Reporting and Analytics, specifically within the Reporting component of Oracle Food and Beverage Applications. This vulnerability affects version 9.1.0 and represents a significant security weakness that can be exploited by attackers with high privileges and network access through HTTP protocols. The vulnerability's classification as easily exploitable indicates that the attack vector requires minimal technical expertise or resources to execute successfully, making it particularly concerning for organizations relying on this reporting infrastructure.
The technical flaw manifests as a privilege escalation issue that allows attackers with elevated privileges to gain unauthorized access to sensitive data within the reporting and analytics system. This vulnerability operates at the confidentiality level of the CIA triad, specifically targeting data integrity and access controls within the Oracle Hospitality environment. The CVSS 3.1 scoring system assigns a base score of 2.7, reflecting the relatively low to moderate severity impact, yet this assessment should not underestimate the potential damage since the vulnerability enables unauthorized read access to sensitive data subsets. The attack vector AV:N indicates network-based exploitation, while AC:L suggests the attack requires low complexity to execute, making it accessible to a broader range of threat actors.
From an operational perspective, this vulnerability compromises the integrity of the Oracle Hospitality Reporting and Analytics system by allowing unauthorized data access that could include sensitive business intelligence, customer information, or financial data. The impact extends beyond simple data exposure, potentially enabling attackers to gather intelligence about business operations, customer behavior patterns, or internal processes that could be leveraged for additional attacks. The fact that this affects a reporting and analytics system is particularly concerning since such systems typically aggregate and process large volumes of sensitive information that organizations rely upon for strategic decision-making. The vulnerability's ability to be exploited by high-privileged attackers suggests that internal threat actors or compromised accounts could potentially exploit this weakness, creating insider threat scenarios that are particularly difficult to detect and mitigate.
Organizations should implement immediate mitigations including network segmentation to limit access to the reporting and analytics systems, enhanced authentication controls, and regular monitoring of access logs for suspicious activities. The vulnerability aligns with CWE-284 which addresses improper access control mechanisms, and represents a specific implementation weakness in privilege management that could be addressed through proper access control configuration and regular security assessments. From an ATT&CK framework perspective, this vulnerability maps to techniques involving privilege escalation and credential access, potentially enabling adversaries to move laterally within the network and escalate their access to additional systems. The recommended remediation approach includes applying Oracle's security patches, implementing strict network access controls, and conducting comprehensive security audits of the reporting infrastructure to identify and address similar access control weaknesses that could exist in other components of the Oracle Hospitality ecosystem.