# CVE-2023-21921: Missing authorization in Health Sciences InForm

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

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **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 Apr 2023
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hrgr-546h-hq9m

## 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: 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.

## Is CVE-2023-21921 being exploited?

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

## Other vulnerabilities in Oracle Corporation Health Sciences InForm

- [CVE-2023-21923](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-21923/): Missing authorization in Health Sciences InForm (high 8.3)
- [CVE-2023-21922](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-21922/): Missing authorization in Health Sciences InForm (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2023-21924](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-21924/): Other in Health Sciences InForm (medium 5.9)
- [CVE-2023-21926](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-21926/): Information disclosure in Health Sciences InForm (medium 5.5)
- [CVE-2023-21925](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-21925/): Denial of service in Health Sciences InForm (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-21921 and fix it if it is affected.

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

Affected product: Oracle Corporation Health Sciences InForm. 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-2023-21921/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-21921/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-21921
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-21921
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-21921

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