CVE-2020-14609 Missing authorization in Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition

High 8.6 Published 15 Jul 2020 Updated 27 Sep 2024

Unauthenticated attackers can access critical data, modify some data, and cause partial denial of service in Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2020-14609?

CVE-2020-14609 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Oracle Business Intelligence, published on 15 Jul 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Vulnerability in the Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition product of Oracle Fusion Middleware (component: Analytics Web Answers). Supported versions that are affected are 5.5.0.0.0, 11.1.1.9.0, 12.2.1.3.0 and 12.2.1.4.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition accessible data as well as unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 8.6 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L).

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-14609?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Oracle Business Intelligence.

How do I fix CVE-2020-14609?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-14609 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2020-14609 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-14609 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-fwh4-xh88-xxmp.