Improper access control in Oracle WebCenter Portal
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-284.
Summary
Vulnerability in the Oracle WebCenter Portal product of Oracle Fusion Middleware (component: Content integration). The supported version that is affected is 12.2.1.4.0. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle WebCenter Portal. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker and while the vulnerability is in Oracle WebCenter Portal, 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 WebCenter Portal accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle WebCenter Portal accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 4.4 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N).
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-20992
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-656c-x8x7-w3c6
References
Advisory 1
More Oracle Webcenter Portal vulnerabilities
- TI-2020-02258 Deserialization of untrusted data in Oracle WebCenter Portal KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2021-16530 XStream is vulnerable to a Remote Command Execution attack KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.5
- TI-2021-04451 XStream is vulnerable to an Arbitrary Code Execution attack CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2021-04446 XStream is vulnerable to an Arbitrary Code Execution attack CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2021-04444 XStream is vulnerable to an Arbitrary Code Execution attack CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2019-07494 Code injection in xstream CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2024-20992 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-20992 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-656c-x8x7-w3c6 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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