CVE-2018-16957 describes a critical hardcoded password vulnerability in the queryd.exe binary of Oracle WebCenter Interaction 10.3.3's search service. This flaw allows unauthenticated network attackers to perform search queries, potentially extracting sensitive information due to the inability to customize the hardcoded "i1g2s3c4" password. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with no user interaction, leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion, likely due to the product being out of support.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
10.3.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:webcenter_interaction:10.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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