Auth bypass in Oracle Knowledge Management
CVE-2024-20943
Vulnerability in the Oracle Knowledge Management product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: Internal Operations). Supported versions that are affected are 12.2.3-12.2.13. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Knowledge Management. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker and while the vulnerability is in Oracle Knowledge Management, attacks may significantly impact additional products (scope change). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle Knowledge Management accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle Knowledge Management accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.4 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N).
EPSS: 0.003 (19.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.
Affected products
- Oracle Knowledge_management
- Oracle Corporation Knowledge Management — versions 12.2.3
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- secalert_us@oracle.com (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-20943?
- CVE-2024-20943 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oracle Knowledge Management, classified under Improper Authorization. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2024-02-17.
- How severe is CVE-2024-20943?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2024-20943 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.