# CVE-2008-1811: Privilege escalation in n/a

> Remote authenticated non-DBA users can escalate privileges via insufficient authorization checks in the run_ddl function.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 16 Apr 2008
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-c5jc-2g4g-h22j

## What is CVE-2008-1811?

CVE-2008-1811 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 16 Apr 2008. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Application Express 3.0.1 has unspecified impact and remote authenticated attack vectors related to flows_030000.wwv_execute_immediate, aka APEX01.  NOTE: the previous information was obtained from the April 2008 CPU.  Oracle has not commented on reliable researcher claims that APEX01 is for insufficient authorization checks for SQL commands in the run_ddl function in flows_030000.wwv_execute_immediate, allowing privilege escalation by certain non-DBA remote authenticated users.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-1811?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Oracle Application Express.

## How do I fix CVE-2008-1811?

No fix has been published for CVE-2008-1811 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2008-1811 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-1811 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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- [CVE-2008-1822](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-1822/): Other in n/a (critical 10.0)
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- [CVE-2023-21975](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-21975/): Cross-site scripting in Application Express (APEX) (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2021-32723](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-32723/): Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in Prism (high 7.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2008-1811 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2008-1811 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 16 Apr 2008. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-1811 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-1811/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-1811/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1811
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1811
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-1811

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