# CVE-2023-21993: Information disclosure in Clinical Remote Data Capture Option

> A low-privileged attacker can exploit this vulnerability to gain unauthorized access to critical data in Oracle Clinical Remote Data Capture.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/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-q36f-6h62-p39r

## What is CVE-2023-21993?

CVE-2023-21993 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oracle Corporation Clinical Remote Data Capture Option, 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 Clinical Remote Data Capture product of Oracle Health Sciences Applications (component: Forms).   The supported version that is affected is 5.4.0.2. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Clinical Remote Data Capture.  Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in  unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle Clinical Remote Data Capture accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.5 (Confidentiality impacts).  CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N).

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-21993?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Oracle Clinical Remote Data Capture.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-21993?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-21993 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-21993 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-21993 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-21993 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-21993 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oracle Corporation Clinical Remote Data Capture Option, 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-2023-21993 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Oracle Corporation Clinical Remote Data Capture Option. 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-2023-21993/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-21993/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-21993
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-21993
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-21993

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