CVE-2023-21923 Missing authorization in Health Sciences InForm

High 8.3 Published Updated

Low-privileged attackers can bypass authorization to read, modify, or delete critical clinical data and cause partial denial of service in Oracle Health Sciences InForm.

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-2023-21923?

CVE-2023-21923 is a high-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 creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all Oracle Health Sciences InForm accessible data as well as unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle Health Sciences InForm accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Oracle Health Sciences InForm. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 8.3 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L).

Weakness: CWE-284

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-21923?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Oracle Health Sciences Inform.

How do I fix CVE-2023-21923?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-21923 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-2023-21923 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-21923 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-5p86-7v4g-7f7r.

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