CVE-2023-21921 Missing authorization in Health Sciences InForm

Medium 5.4 Published 18 Apr 2023 Updated 16 Sep 2024

Low-privileged attackers can unauthorizedly read, update, insert, or delete data in Oracle Health Sciences InForm via HTTP.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2023-21921?

CVE-2023-21921 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Oracle Corporation Health Sciences InForm, published on 18 Apr 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Vulnerability in the Oracle Health Sciences InForm product of Oracle Health Sciences Applications (component: Core). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 6.3.1.3 and Prior to 7.0.0.1. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Health Sciences InForm. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle Health Sciences InForm accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle Health Sciences InForm accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.4 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N).

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-21921?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Oracle Health Sciences Inform.

How do I fix CVE-2023-21921?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-21921 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-2023-21921 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-21921 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-hrgr-546h-hq9m.