CVE-2024-21132 Missing authorization in Purchasing

Medium 5.4 Published 16 Jul 2024 Updated 17 Mar 2025

Low-privileged attackers can modify or read Oracle Purchasing data via HTTP with user interaction, requiring patches for E-Business Suite.

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-2024-21132?

CVE-2024-21132 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Oracle Corporation Purchasing, published on 16 Jul 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 Purchasing product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: Approvals). 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 Purchasing. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker and while the vulnerability is in Oracle Purchasing, 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 Purchasing accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle Purchasing 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-284

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-21132?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Oracle Purchasing.

How do I fix CVE-2024-21132?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-21132 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-2024-21132 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-21132 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-rm3x-hgp8-pvxp.