Oracle Database cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Oracle Database. It has been declared as very critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. Such manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2005-0873. The attack requires being on the local network. Additionally, an exploit exists. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Oracle Database (Database Software) (version now known). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-80. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special characters such as "<", ">", and "&" that could be interpreted as web-scripting elements when they are sent to a downstream component that processes web pages. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in test.jsp in Oracle Reports Server 10g (9.0.4.3.3) allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) desname or (2) repprod parameter.

The bug was discovered 10/20/2005. The weakness was released 10/18/2005 by Alexander Kornbrust with Oracle (Website). The advisory is available at oracle.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2005-0873 since 03/26/2005. Access to the local network is required for this attack to succeed. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

After before and not just, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 17614 (Oracle Reports Server test.jsp Multiple Parameter XSS), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Databases and running in the context r. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 19144 (Oracle Critical Patch Update (October 2005) for Database Server - Not Installed).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at oracle.com. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 3894.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (25269), Tenable (17614), SecurityFocus (BID 15134†), OSVDB (15050†) and Secunia (SA17250†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-26811, VDB-26810, VDB-26809 and VDB-26808. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.5
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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 17614
Nessus Name: Oracle Reports Server test.jsp Multiple Parameter XSS
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Patch: oracle.com
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: oracle.com
Researcher: Alexander Kornbrust
Organization: Oracle
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2005-0873 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-0873
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-1826
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SecurityFocus: 15134 - Oracle October Security Update Multiple Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 17250 - Oracle Products 85 Unspecified Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 15050 - Oracle Reports Server test.jsp Multiple Parameter XSS
Vulnerability Center: 7447 - XSS in Oracle Reports Server 10g \x27test.jsp\x27, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 04/15/2005 10:35
Updated: 07/04/2025 19:35
Changes: 04/15/2005 10:35 (88), 07/04/2019 20:44 (1), 10/29/2024 22:19 (18), 12/15/2024 06:03 (3), 07/04/2025 19:35 (4)
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