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CVE-2021-2238: Vulnerability in the Oracle MES for Process Manufacturing product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: Pr...

Vulnerability in the Oracle MES for Process Manufacturing product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: Process Operations). The supported version that is affected is 12.1.3. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle MES for Process Manufacturing. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all Oracle MES for Process Manufacturing accessible data as well as unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle MES for Process Manufacturing accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 8.1 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N).

HighCVSS 8.1Not KEV-listedUpdated
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Plain-English summary

This is a high-severity Oracle E-Business Suite flaw in MES for Process Manufacturing. A low-privileged user who can reach the application over HTTP could read or change critical manufacturing data. The main business risk is loss of data confidentiality and integrity in process operations, not system outage.

Executive priority

Prioritize remediation if Oracle MES for Process Manufacturing 12.1.3 supports production, quality, or regulated manufacturing workflows. The risk is unauthorized data access or tampering by an authenticated network-reachable user.

Technical view

CVE-2021-2238 affects Oracle MES for Process Manufacturing 12.1.3, component Process Operations. The CVSS 3.1 score is 8.1 with network attack vector, low complexity, low privileges, no user interaction, high confidentiality impact, and high integrity impact. No CWE is listed in the provided sources.

Likely exposure

Exposure is most likely where Oracle E-Business Suite includes MES for Process Manufacturing version 12.1.3 and authenticated low-privileged users can access it over HTTP.

Exploitation context

The source bundle does not show CISA KEV listing or cited active exploitation. The CVE record states exploitation is easy for a low-privileged attacker with HTTP network access, but provides no public exploit details.

Researcher notes

The bundle identifies product, version, component, CVSS vector, and impact, but not the root cause, CWE, endpoint, or patch identifier. Treat validation as exposure and patch-status confirmation, not exploit reproduction.

Mitigation direction

  • Review Oracle's April 2021 Critical Patch Update for the applicable E-Business Suite fix.
  • Confirm whether MES for Process Manufacturing 12.1.3 is still deployed.
  • Restrict HTTP access to trusted networks and required user groups.
  • Review low-privileged accounts with access to Process Operations.
  • Monitor for unexpected creation, deletion, or modification of MES data.

Validation and detection

  • Inventory Oracle E-Business Suite modules and identify MES for Process Manufacturing deployments.
  • Verify product version and April 2021 CPU patch status with Oracle-supported methods.
  • Confirm Process Operations is not exposed beyond intended networks.
  • Review application logs for unauthorized data reads or modifications.
  • Validate low-privileged roles cannot access critical MES data unnecessarily.
Prepared
Confidence
medium
Sources
3

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Potential ATT&CK relevance

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Vulnerability profileCVE Program record
Severity
High
CVSS
8.1 (3.1)
Known Exploited
No
Published

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Official CVE source material

CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5

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1CVSS vectors
0Timeline events
0ADP providers
2Source links

CVSS vector scores

1 official score

We collect every scored CVSS vector available in the official CNA and ADP containers. When more than one version is present, the table keeps the source vectors side by side instead of collapsing them into the highest score.

ScoreVersionSeverityVectorExploitImpactSource
8.1CVSS 3.1HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N2.85.2Primary CVE score

Vulnerability scoring details

Base CVSS 3.1 score

8.1High
CVSS 3.1 vector shape for CVE-2021-2238Attack VectorAttack ComplexityPrivileges RequiredUser InteractionScopeConfidentiality ImpactIntegrity ImpactAvailability Impact

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
NetworkAdjacentLocalPhysical
Attack Complexity
LowHigh
Privileges Required
NoneLowHigh
User Interaction
NoneRequired
Scope
ChangedUnchanged
Confidentiality Impact
HighLowNone
Integrity Impact
HighLowNone
Availability Impact
HighLowNone

Source materials

Affected products

Products and packages named in the record

VendorProductVersion / packageStatus
Oracle CorporationMES for Process Manufacturing12.1.3Listed
Weakness

CWE details

No CWE listed

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