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Hospitality Suite8Application · Oracle

CVE-2020-14810

MEDIUM · 5.4 CVSS v3.1 Published 2020-10-21
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to after 8.14 or later.
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61/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Remotely reachable No privileges

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
Vulnerability in the Oracle Hospitality Suite8 product of Oracle Hospitality Applications (component: WebConnect). Supported versions that are affected are 8.10.2 and 8.11-8.14. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Hospitality Suite8. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle Hospitality Suite8 accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle Hospitality Suite8 accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.4 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N).

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · moderate confidence

Unauthenticated HTTP vulnerability in Oracle Hospitality Suite8 WebConnect component allows remote attackers to read and modify a subset of accessible data without credentials. The attack requires human interaction from a person other than the attacker, suggesting the vulnerability may involve cross-site request forgery (CSRF) or similar attack patterns requiring user engagement.

MitigationApply the October 2020 Critical Patch Update (CPU) from Oracle that addresses this vulnerability. If immediate patching is not possible, restrict network access to the WebConnect interface to minimize exposure.

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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Hospitality Suite8Application
Affected:>= 8.11, <= 8.14= 8.10.2

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Confirm Oracle Hospitality Suite8 installation
    Locate the Suite8 installation directory or check system inventory/scan tools for Oracle Hospitality Suite8 presence
    Affected if Oracle Hospitality Suite8 is installed on the system
  2. Identify installed Suite8 version
    Check the Suite8 application version through its about panel, installation logs, or version file in the application directory
    Affected if The installed version is 8.10.2, or falls within the range 8.11 through 8.14 inclusive
  3. Determine if WebConnect component is enabled
    Locate and inspect the WebConnect configuration files or admin console to verify whether the WebConnect component is active
    Affected if WebConnect component is enabled and accessible
  4. Verify HTTP listener exposure for WebConnect
    Check network configuration, firewall rules, or web server bindings to determine if the WebConnect HTTP interface is exposed to network access
    Affected if WebConnect HTTP interface is reachable over the network (even from localhost)
  5. Confirm WebConnect accepts unauthenticated requests
    Send a test HTTP request to the WebConnect endpoint without providing credentials to observe the application's response
    Affected if The WebConnect component processes requests without requiring authentication

Your environment is affected if Oracle Hospitality Suite8 versions 8.10.2 or 8.11 through 8.14 are installed with the WebConnect component enabled and its HTTP interface network-accessible.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Upgrade available Upgrade to a release after 8.14
Interim mitigation

Apply the October 2020 Critical Patch Update (CPU) from Oracle that addresses this vulnerability. If immediate patching is not possible, restrict network access to the WebConnect interface to minimize exposure.

Fix this in Hospitality Suite8 Scoped from the published advisory
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