Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
A low-privileged user with HTTP network access could compromise Oracle Landed Cost Management in Oracle E-Business Suite. The business risk is unauthorized viewing, creation, deletion, or modification of critical landed cost data, affecting confidentiality and integrity rather than system availability.
Executive priority
Prioritize remediation for exposed production E-Business Suite environments because the issue can compromise critical business data integrity and confidentiality with only low privileges. This should be handled as a near-term patch and access-control review item.
Technical view
CVE-2021-2249 affects Oracle Landed Cost Management Shipment Workbench in E-Business Suite versions 12.1.1-12.1.3 and 12.2.3-12.2.10. CVSS 3.1 is 8.1: AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N. The source bundle lists no CWE.
Likely exposure
Exposure is likely where affected Oracle E-Business Suite Landed Cost Management versions are deployed and reachable over HTTP by users with low privileges. Risk is higher with broad internal access, weak account governance, or compromised low-privilege accounts.
Exploitation context
The provided bundle does not show CISA KEV listing or cited evidence of active exploitation. Treat it as a high-impact authenticated web-accessible data compromise issue, not as confirmed exploited in the wild based on the supplied sources.
Researcher notes
The vulnerability is authenticated but easy to exploit per CVSS: network access, low complexity, no user interaction, and low privileges. Impacts are high for confidentiality and integrity, with no availability impact stated. Evidence is limited to the CVE record and Oracle CPU reference in the supplied bundle.
Mitigation direction
- Review Oracle April 2021 CPU guidance for the affected E-Business Suite component.
- Apply Oracle-supported patches or later updates for affected versions.
- Restrict HTTP access to trusted networks and required users only.
- Review low-privilege account assignments for Landed Cost Management.
- Monitor for unusual creation, deletion, modification, or access to landed cost data.
Validation and detection
- Inventory Oracle E-Business Suite instances using Landed Cost Management.
- Confirm whether versions are 12.1.1-12.1.3 or 12.2.3-12.2.10.
- Verify Shipment Workbench HTTP exposure and reachable user populations.
- Confirm Oracle CPU remediation status in patch records.
- Review application logs for suspicious data access or modification patterns.
Public sources used
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Open ATT&CK lookup- 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
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CVSS vector scores
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N2.85.2Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
8.1HighVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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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