What is CVE-2023-21851?

CVE-2023-21851 is a high-severity vulnerability in Oracle Marketing, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2023-01-18.

How severe is CVE-2023-21851?

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

Vulnerability in Oracle Marketing

CVE-2023-21851

Vulnerability in the Oracle Marketing product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: Marketing Administration). 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 Marketing. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all Oracle Marketing 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).

Published 2023-01-18 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (41.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 42nd percentile — 41.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Oracle Marketing
Oracle Corporation Marketing — versions 12.2.3-12.2.12

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-284 — Improper Access Control

References

www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2023.html (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-21851?: CVE-2023-21851 is a high-severity vulnerability in Oracle Marketing, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2023-01-18.
How severe is CVE-2023-21851?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.