What is CVE-2024-21071?

CVE-2024-21071 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Oracle Workflow, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2024-04-16.

How severe is CVE-2024-21071?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Oracle Workflow

CVE-2024-21071

Vulnerability in the Oracle Workflow product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: Admin Screens and Grants UI). Supported versions that are affected are 12.2.3-12.2.13. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Workflow. While the vulnerability is in Oracle Workflow, attacks may significantly impact additional products (scope change). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle Workflow. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 9.1 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).

Published 2024-04-16 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (53.2th percentile), scored 2026-10-20.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 53rd percentile — 53.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Oracle Workflow
Oracle Corporation Workflow — versions 12.2.3

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-284 — Improper Access Control

References

www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2024.html (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-21071?: CVE-2024-21071 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Oracle Workflow, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2024-04-16.
How severe is CVE-2024-21071?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.