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CVE-2021-2261: Vulnerability in the Oracle Lease and Finance Management product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: Quo...

Vulnerability in the Oracle Lease and Finance Management product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: Quotes). Supported versions that are affected are 12.1.1-12.1.3 and 12.2.3-12.2.10. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Lease and Finance Management. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all Oracle Lease and Finance Management accessible data as well as unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle Lease and Finance Management 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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Security readout for executives and security teams

Plain-English summary

This flaw affects Oracle Lease and Finance Management within Oracle E-Business Suite. A low-privileged user who can reach the application over HTTP could read, create, change, or delete critical lease and finance data. The main business risk is unauthorized exposure or manipulation of sensitive financial records, not service outage.

Executive priority

Treat as high priority for any affected Oracle E-Business Suite deployment handling lease or finance data, especially where many users have application access.

Technical view

CVE-2021-2261 affects the Quotes component in Oracle Lease and Finance Management versions 12.1.1-12.1.3 and 12.2.3-12.2.10. The CVSS 3.1 score is 8.1, with network attack vector, low complexity, low privileges required, no user interaction, and high confidentiality and integrity impact.

Likely exposure

Exposure is most likely where Oracle E-Business Suite includes Lease and Finance Management and authenticated low-privilege users can access the affected HTTP interface.

Exploitation context

The bundle does not show CISA KEV listing or other evidence of active exploitation. The vulnerability is still operationally serious because it is remotely reachable over HTTP after low-privilege authentication and can affect critical data.

Researcher notes

No CWE is provided in the bundle. Analysis should stay focused on Oracle Lease and Finance Management Quotes. The evidence supports confidentiality and integrity risk, low-privilege authenticated access, and no availability impact.

Mitigation direction

  • Review Oracle April 2021 Critical Patch Update guidance for this CVE.
  • Patch affected Oracle E-Business Suite environments according to Oracle guidance.
  • Restrict HTTP access to trusted networks where operationally possible.
  • Review low-privilege accounts with access to Lease and Finance Management.
  • Increase monitoring for unusual quote or finance data changes.

Validation and detection

  • Inventory Oracle E-Business Suite instances using Lease and Finance Management.
  • Confirm versions are outside 12.1.1-12.1.3 and 12.2.3-12.2.10 or patched.
  • Check whether the Quotes component is accessible over HTTP.
  • Verify low-privilege roles cannot modify or read unauthorized finance records.
  • Review application logs for unexpected quote data creation, deletion, or changes.
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Confidence
high
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

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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-2021-2261Attack 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 CorporationLease and Finance Management12.1.1-12.1.3, 12.2.3-12.2.10Listed
Weakness

CWE details

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