# CVE-2022-21545: Information disclosure in iRecruitment

> Unauthenticated attackers can read sensitive data from Oracle iRecruitment via HTTP, requiring immediate patching by administrators.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 19 Jul 2022
- **Updated:** 24 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-rrg4-224w-m2mg

## What is CVE-2022-21545?

CVE-2022-21545 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oracle Corporation iRecruitment, published on 19 Jul 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Vulnerability in the Oracle iRecruitment product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: Candidate Self Service Registration). Supported versions that are affected are 12.2.3-12.2.11. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle iRecruitment. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle iRecruitment accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.3 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N).

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-21545?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Oracle Irecruitment.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-21545?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-21545 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-21545 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-21545 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Oracle Corporation iRecruitment

- [CVE-2026-83490](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-83490/): Missing authorization in Oracle iRecruitment (high 8.5)
- [CVE-2026-70835](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-70835/): Missing authorization in Oracle iRecruitment (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2026-61024](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-61024/): Missing authorization in Oracle iRecruitment (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2026-87124](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-87124/): Missing authorization in Oracle iRecruitment (high 7.7)
- [CVE-2026-61026](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-61026/): Missing authorization in Oracle iRecruitment (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-21545 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-21545 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oracle Corporation iRecruitment, published on 19 Jul 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-21545 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Oracle Corporation iRecruitment. 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-2022-21545/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-21545/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-21545
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-21545
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-21545

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