Improper access control in Oracle Health Sciences InForm
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · Low
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-284.
Summary
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).
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oracle | Health Sciences InForm | before 6.3.1.3; before 7.0.0.1 | 6.3.1.3, 7.0.0.1 | Patch available | CNA |
- Health Sciences InForm VendorOracle Affected before 6.3.1.3; before 7.0.0.1 Fixed in 6.3.1.3, 7.0.0.1 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Health Sciences InForm (Oracle Corporation) Fixed in 6.3.1.3, 7.0.0.1
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Advisory ·
Oracle Health Sciences InForm — oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2023.html
6 records Highest priority Priority LOW 6 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2023-08297 Improper access control in Oracle Health Sciences InFormPriority LOW 33
- TI-2023-08300 Uncontrolled resource consumption in Oracle Health Sciences InFormPriority LOW 31
- TI-2023-08299 Vulnerability in the Oracle Health Sciences InForm product of Oracle Health Sciences…Priority LOW 27
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-21923
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5p86-7v4g-7f7r
References
Patch 1
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Sources
- CVE-2023-21923 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-21923 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-5p86-7v4g-7f7r · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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