What is CVE-2023-21849?

CVE-2023-21849 is a high-severity vulnerability in Oracle E-Business Suite, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2023-01-18.

How severe is CVE-2023-21849?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-21849 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Oracle E-Business Suite

CVE-2023-21849

Vulnerability in the Oracle Applications DBA product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: Java utils). Supported versions that are affected are 12.2.3-12.2.12. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Applications DBA. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all Oracle Applications DBA accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.5 (Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N).

EPSS: 0.006 (46.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Oracle E-business_suite
Oracle Corporation Applications Dba — versions 12.2.3-12.2.12

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-284 — Improper Access Control

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

secalert_us@oracle.com (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-21849?: CVE-2023-21849 is a high-severity vulnerability in Oracle E-Business Suite, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2023-01-18.
How severe is CVE-2023-21849?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-21849 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.