CVE-2021-2152 Missing authorization in Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition

Medium 4.0 Published 22 Apr 2021 Updated 26 Sep 2024

High-privileged attackers can modify or read unauthorized data in Oracle BI Enterprise Edition via HTTP, requiring user interaction.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: An administrator
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: A user has to click or open something
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2021-2152?

CVE-2021-2152 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Oracle Business Intelligence, published on 22 Apr 2021. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Vulnerability in the Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition product of Oracle Fusion Middleware (component: Analytics Web General). 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. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker and while the vulnerability is in Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition, attacks may significantly impact additional products. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 4.0 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N).

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-2152?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Oracle Business Intelligence.

How do I fix CVE-2021-2152?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-2152 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-2021-2152 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-2152 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Oracle Business Intelligence vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-fpmr-hr4c-2pp6.