# CVE-2020-14729: Missing authorization in Oracle NetSuite service

> Low-privileged attackers can modify or read critical NetSuite SCA data due to missing authorization checks.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 26 Aug 2020
- **Updated:** 26 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-6wwr-7x4f-2fjm

## What is CVE-2020-14729?

CVE-2020-14729 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Oracle NetSuite service, published on 26 Aug 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Vulnerability in SuiteCommerce Advanced (SCA) Sites component of Oracle NetSuite service. Supported versions that are affected are prior to 2020.1.4. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise NetSuite SCA. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all NetSuite SCA accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of NetSuite SCA data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.4 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N).

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-14729?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Oracle Suitecommerce Advanced.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-14729?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-14729 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-14729 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-14729 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Oracle NetSuite service

- [CVE-2020-14728](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-14728/): Cross-site scripting in Oracle NetSuite service (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-14729 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-14729 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Oracle NetSuite service, published on 26 Aug 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-14729 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Oracle NetSuite service. 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-2020-14729/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-14729/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-14729
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14729
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-14729

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-14729/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.