CVE-2024-20943 Missing authorization in Knowledge Management
Low-privileged attackers can modify or read Oracle Knowledge Management data via HTTP, requiring user interaction and impacting additional products.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-20943?
CVE-2024-20943 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Oracle Corporation Knowledge Management, published on 17 Feb 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Vulnerability in the Oracle Knowledge Management product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: Internal Operations). Supported versions that are affected are 12.2.3-12.2.13. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Knowledge Management. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker and while the vulnerability is in Oracle Knowledge Management, attacks may significantly impact additional products (scope change). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle Knowledge Management accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle Knowledge Management 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:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N).
Weakness: CWE-285
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-20943?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Oracle Knowledge Management.
How do I fix CVE-2024-20943?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-20943 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-2024-20943 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-20943 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Oracle Corporation Knowledge Management
- CVE-2021-2198 Information disclosure in Knowledge Management
- CVE-2020-2841 Information disclosure in Knowledge Management
- CVE-2019-2660 Cross-site scripting in Knowledge Management
- CVE-2017-10410 Cross-site scripting in Knowledge Management
- CVE-2017-10411 Cross-site scripting in Knowledge Management
Sources
Also known as GHSA-89hg-c7w7-4f4p.