Oracle Endeca Information Discovery Studio 3.1.0/3.2.0 jQuery cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Oracle Endeca Information Discovery Studio 3.1.0/3.2.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component jQuery. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2015-9251. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Oracle Endeca Information Discovery Studio 3.1.0/3.2.0. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component jQuery. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. Impacted is confidentiality, and integrity. The summary by CVE is:

jQuery before 3.0.0 is vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS) attacks when a cross-domain Ajax request is performed without the dataType option, causing text/javascript responses to be executed.

The bug was discovered 06/27/2015. The weakness was disclosed 10/16/2018 as Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2018 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at oracle.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2015-9251 since 01/18/2018. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 936 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 106657 (JQuery 1.x < 1.12.0 / 2.x < 2.2.0 XSS), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses : XSS and running in the context r.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (106657) and SecurityFocus (BID 105658†). The entries VDB-90449, VDB-91385, VDB-91680 and VDB-91681 are pretty similar. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Nessus ID: 106657
Nessus Name: JQuery 1.x < 1.12.0 / 2.x < 2.2.0 XSS
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: github.com

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01/18/2018 +936 days 🔍
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10/16/2018 +250 days 🔍
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05/26/2023 +1682 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2018
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-9251 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-9251
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-125477
SecurityFocus: 105658 - JQuery CVE-2015-9251 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 10/17/2018 08:40
Updated: 05/26/2023 11:17
Changes: 10/17/2018 08:40 (72), 04/03/2020 11:30 (15), 05/26/2023 11:09 (4), 05/26/2023 11:17 (1)
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