CVE-2022-21579 Missing authorization in FLEXCUBE Universal Banking

Medium 6.4 Published Updated

Low-privileged attackers can modify or read critical banking data via HTTP with user interaction, requiring immediate patching for Oracle FLEXCUBE.

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
None listed

What is CVE-2022-21579?

CVE-2022-21579 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Oracle Flexcube Universal Banking, published on 19 Jul 2022. 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 the Oracle FLEXCUBE Universal Banking product of Oracle Financial Services Applications (component: Infrastructure). Supported versions that are affected are 12.1-12.4, 14.0-14.3 and 14.5. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle FLEXCUBE Universal Banking. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all Oracle FLEXCUBE Universal Banking accessible data as well as unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle FLEXCUBE Universal Banking accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.4 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N).

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-21579?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Oracle Flexcube Universal Banking.

How do I fix CVE-2022-21579?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-21579 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-2022-21579 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-21579 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Oracle Flexcube Universal Banking vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-j6qm-33q6-j5m5.

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