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Plain-English summary
CVE-2021-2184 affects Oracle iStore in Oracle E-Business Suite. An unauthenticated network attacker can target the Shopping Cart component over HTTP, but the attack requires user interaction. A successful attack can expose critical iStore data and allow limited data changes. The CVSS score is 8.2, making this a high-priority business risk for exposed EBS commerce environments.
Executive priority
Treat as high priority for any Oracle iStore environment supporting commerce or customer-facing workflows. The main concern is critical data exposure, with some risk of unauthorized data modification. Urgency increases when iStore is reachable from the internet or partners.
Technical view
Affected Oracle iStore versions are 12.1.1-12.1.3 and 12.2.3-12.2.10. The CVSS vector is AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N. The issue is remotely reachable over HTTP without authentication, requires a victim interaction, changes scope, and can cause high confidentiality and low integrity impact. No CWE is provided in the source bundle.
Likely exposure
Organizations running Oracle E-Business Suite with Oracle iStore enabled, especially HTTP-accessible shopping cart functions, are the likely exposure group. Internet-facing or partner-facing deployments should be treated as higher risk until version and patch status are confirmed.
Exploitation context
The source bundle does not show CISA KEV listing or cited evidence of active exploitation. The vulnerability is described as easily exploitable over HTTP without attacker authentication, but requiring human interaction from someone other than the attacker.
Researcher notes
The public description does not identify a CWE, root cause, vulnerable endpoint, or specific exploit technique. Avoid assuming exploitability beyond the CVSS and Oracle description. Validate exposure through product presence, affected version range, HTTP reachability, and patch status rather than proof-of-concept testing.
Mitigation direction
- Check Oracle April 2021 CPU guidance for applicable EBS/iStore patches.
- Prioritize patching affected iStore versions exposed over HTTP.
- Restrict external access to iStore where business operations allow.
- Reduce unnecessary public access to Shopping Cart functions.
- Review current Oracle guidance for later superseding patches.
Validation and detection
- Inventory Oracle E-Business Suite instances with iStore enabled.
- Confirm whether versions fall within 12.1.1-12.1.3 or 12.2.3-12.2.10.
- Verify whether iStore Shopping Cart routes are HTTP-accessible externally.
- Confirm Oracle CPU or later relevant security patches are applied.
- Review web access logs for suspicious unauthenticated iStore activity.
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- High
- CVSS
- 8.2 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
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CVSS vector scores
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N2.84.7Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
8.2HighVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2021.htmlCVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
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