This Week in Security News: ePrivacy and Hack Back

Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, the Council of the European Union reviewed a bill dubbed the “ePrivacy” Regulation, which targets message-sharing services like WhatsApp and...

PT-2018-10390

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mahara versions 17.04 through 17.04.7 Mahara versions 17.10 through 17.10.4 Mahara versions 18.04 through 18.04.0 Description The issue allows malicious users with physical access to the web browser of a Mahara user, after they have logged in,...

CVE-2018-11195: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

Mahara 17.04 before 17.04.8 and 17.10 before 17.10.5 and 18.04 before 18.04.1 are vulnerable to the browser "back and refresh" attack. This allows malicious users with physical access to the web browser of a Mahara user, after they have logged in, to potentially gain access to their Mahara...

CVE-2018-11413

BearAdmin 0.5 is affected by CVE-2018-11413. A remote attacker can trigger directory traversal via /admin/databack/download.html?name=, e.g., name=../application/database.php, to read configuration credentials (MySQL) from the server. Affected component: databack/download.html handling of the nam...

Why tech companies wanted Senate Bill 315 vetoed

When Georgia Senate Bill 315 SB-315 was introduced, people in the tech world anxiously awaited its fate, regardless of their geographic location. They knew that some laws initially restricted to single states become more widespread after politicians set precedents. And they knew that this law cou...

Oracle Retail Applications Retail Back Office Component Unauthorized Operation Vulnerability

Oracle Retail Applications is a suite of retail applications store solutions from Oracle Corporation, of which Retail Back Office is a retail back office component that provides retailers with real-time access to storage management and reporting capabilities. A security vulnerability exists in th...

Georgia Governor Vetoes Controversial Hack-Back Bill

Recognizing the concerns of tech giants and security researchers alike, Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal has vetoed a controversial “hack-back” bill that would have allowed companies in the state to perform offensive cyber-actions in the face of an attack. “Certain components of the legislation have led ...

Hacktivists, Tech Giants Protest Georgia’s ‘Hack-Back’ Bill

As Georgia Governor Nathan Deal considers whether to sign a controversial piece of legislation that would allow companies to “hack back” with offensive initiatives in the face of a cyberattack, companies from across the tech spectrum are lining up to protest the measure. Also, a hacktivist group...

CVE-2017-1722

IBM Security QRadar SIEM 7.2 and 7.3 is vulnerable to SQL injection. A remote attacker could send specially-crafted SQL statements, which could allow the attacker to view, add, modify or delete information in the back-end database. IBM X-Force ID: 134811...

CVE-2017-1722: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command

IBM Security QRadar SIEM 7.2 and 7.3 is vulnerable to SQL injection. A remote attacker could send specially-crafted SQL statements, which could allow the attacker to view, add, modify or delete information in the back-end database. IBM X-Force ID: 134811...

CVE-2018-2861

Vulnerability in the Oracle Retail Back Office component of Oracle Retail Applications subcomponent: Security. Supported versions that are affected are 13.4.9, 14.0.4 and 14.1.3. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle...

CVE-2018-2861

Vulnerability in the Oracle Retail Back Office component of Oracle Retail Applications subcomponent: Security. Supported versions that are affected are 13.4.9, 14.0.4 and 14.1.3. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle...

CVE-2018-2861

CVE-2018-2861 affects Oracle Retail Back Office (Security subcomponent) in Oracle Retail Applications for versions 13.4.9, 14.0.4, and 14.1.3. The vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to read a subset of data and cause a partial denial of service. The issu...

CVE-2018-2861

Vulnerability in the Oracle Retail Back Office component of Oracle Retail Applications subcomponent: Security. Supported versions that are affected are 13.4.9, 14.0.4 and 14.1.3. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle...

CVE-2018-2861: Undefined Security Weakness

Vulnerability in the Oracle Retail Back Office component of Oracle Retail Applications subcomponent: Security. Supported versions that are affected are 13.4.9, 14.0.4 and 14.1.3. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle...

PT-2018-15874

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Oracle Retail Back Office versions 13.4.9, 14.0.4, and 14.1.3 Description The issue allows an unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Retail Back Office, resulting in unauthorized read access to a subset of...

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the system log of the back end

More info at https://contao.org/en/news/contao-3535.html...

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the system log of the back end

More info at https://contao.org/en/news/contao-4418.html...

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the system log of the back end

More info at https://contao.org/en/news/contao-4418.html...

Code Execution Vulnerability in the Backend of POSCMS V3.2.18 Build 2018-03-26 Free Edition

POSCMS is an open source cross-platform web content management system developed by Php+Mysql. A code execution vulnerability exists in the backend of POSCMS V3.2.18 Build 2018-03-26 Free Edition. The vulnerability is due to improper filtering of user input in the backend, allowing an attacker to...