# CVE-2022-21590: Information disclosure in BI Publisher (formerly XML Publisher)

> Low-privileged attackers can access critical data, modify some data, and cause partial denial of service in Oracle BI Publisher via HTTP.

- **Severity:** High 7.6 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 18 Oct 2022
- **Updated:** 24 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-c4gf-587r-6g8f

## What is CVE-2022-21590?

CVE-2022-21590 is a high-severity vulnerability in Oracle Corporation BI Publisher (formerly XML Publisher), published on 18 Oct 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Vulnerability in the Oracle BI Publisher product of Oracle Fusion Middleware (component: Core Formatting API). Supported versions that are affected are 5.9.0.0, 6.4.0.0.0, 12.2.1.3.0 and 12.2.1.4.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle BI Publisher. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle BI Publisher accessible data as well as unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle BI Publisher accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Oracle BI Publisher. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.6 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L).

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-21590?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Oracle Bi Publisher.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-21590?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-21590 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-21590 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-21590 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Oracle Corporation BI Publisher (formerly XML Publisher)

- [CVE-2026-71059](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-71059/): Auth bypass in Oracle BI Publisher (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2026-60719](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-60719/): Privilege escalation in Oracle BI Publisher (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2026-60173](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-60173/): Auth bypass in Oracle BI Publisher (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-21082](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-21082/): XML external entity in BI Publisher (formerly XML Publisher) (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-71058](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-71058/): Auth bypass in Oracle BI Publisher (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-21590 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-21590 is a high-severity vulnerability in Oracle Corporation BI Publisher (formerly XML Publisher), published on 18 Oct 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-21590 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Oracle Corporation BI Publisher (formerly XML Publisher). 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-2022-21590/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-21590/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-21590
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-21590
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-21590

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