CVE-2013-3831 CWE-89 High severity

PL/SQL Injection in Oracle Portal Demo Organization Chart

PL/SQL injection vulnerability in the Oracle Organization Chart demo portal that allows for the compromise of the database and server.

Original release date
November 2012
Discovered by
Manuel Garcia Cardenas
Severity
7.1 / 10 CVSS v2.0
Affected product
Organigrama de demostración de Oracle Portal

Antecedentes

Web Organization Chart (Oracle version) connects to Oracle databases to extract data from HR tables and convert the output into a format readable by Orgchart.

Description

The vulnerability exists in the demo portal, allowing SQL code injection via the "p_arg_values" parameter when using HTTP version 1.0 on the PORTAL_DEMO.ORG_CHART.SHOW page.

Business impact

Potential for public defacement, leakage of confidential data, and compromise of the database server, in addition to being able to attack client systems.

Affected systems

Oracle Portal Demo Organization Chart (demo page)

Solución

All data received by the application that can be modified by the user must be validated before performing any transaction. Fix included in Oracle Critical Patch Update.

Calendario de divulgación

Oct 25, 2012 Vulnerability discovered.
Dec 2, 2012 Initial notification to Oracle.
Feb 20, 2013 Correction confirmed. Credits in CPUApr2013.
Oct 11, 2013 Fix included in Critical Patch Update.

References

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