CVE-2021-2158 Missing authorization in Hyperion Financial Management

Low 3.9 Published 22 Apr 2021 Updated 26 Sep 2024

High-privileged attackers can compromise Oracle Hyperion Financial Management to read, modify, or disrupt data via HTTP.

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-2021-2158?

CVE-2021-2158 is a low-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Oracle Hyperion Financial Management, 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 Hyperion Financial Management product of Oracle Hyperion (component: Task Automation). The supported version that is affected is 11.1.2.4. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Hyperion Financial Management. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Hyperion Financial Management accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of Hyperion Financial Management accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Hyperion Financial Management. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 3.9 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L).

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-2158?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Oracle Hyperion Financial Management.

How do I fix CVE-2021-2158?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-2158 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-2021-2158 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-2158 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Oracle Hyperion Financial Management vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-8335-4v5h-xm34.