# CVE-2022-21575: Information disclosure in WebCenter Sites

> High-privileged attackers can access critical data, modify some data, and cause partial denial of service in Oracle WebCenter Sites Support Tools.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.0 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 19 Jul 2022
- **Updated:** 24 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8gqf-m68r-p56c

## What is CVE-2022-21575?

CVE-2022-21575 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oracle Corporation WebCenter Sites, published on 19 Jul 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Vulnerability in the Oracle WebCenter Sites Support Tools product of Oracle Fusion Middleware (component: User Interface). The supported version that is affected is Prior to 4.4.2. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle WebCenter Sites Support Tools. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle WebCenter Sites Support Tools accessible data as well as unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle WebCenter Sites Support Tools accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Oracle WebCenter Sites Support Tools. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.0 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L).

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-21575?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Oracle Webcenter Sites Support Tools.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-21575?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-21575 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-21575 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-21575 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-21575 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-21575 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oracle Corporation WebCenter Sites, published on 19 Jul 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-21575 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Oracle Corporation WebCenter Sites. 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-2022-21575/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-21575/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-21575
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-21575
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-21575

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-21575/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.