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CVE-2021-2263: Vulnerability in the Oracle Sourcing product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: Intelligence, RFx).

Vulnerability in the Oracle Sourcing product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: Intelligence, RFx). Supported versions that are affected are 12.1.1-12.1.3. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Sourcing. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all Oracle Sourcing accessible data as well as unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle Sourcing 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

CVE-2021-2263 affects Oracle Sourcing within Oracle E-Business Suite. A low-privileged user with HTTP network access could gain broad read and change access to Oracle Sourcing data. For organizations using affected 12.1.x releases, this is a business data integrity and confidentiality risk, not primarily an outage risk.

Executive priority

Prioritize remediation if Oracle Sourcing 12.1.1-12.1.3 supports procurement, supplier, or RFx workflows. The main concern is unauthorized access to or manipulation of critical sourcing data by an authenticated low-privileged user.

Technical view

Oracle describes an easily exploitable Oracle Sourcing vulnerability in the Intelligence, RFx component affecting versions 12.1.1 through 12.1.3. The CVSS 3.1 vector is AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N, meaning network exploitation requires low privileges, no user interaction, and can cause high confidentiality and integrity impact.

Likely exposure

Exposure is limited to organizations running Oracle E-Business Suite Oracle Sourcing versions 12.1.1, 12.1.2, or 12.1.3 with HTTP access available to authenticated low-privileged users. The source bundle does not identify other affected Oracle products or versions.

Exploitation context

The provided sources do not show CISA KEV listing or active exploitation evidence. The risk remains material because Oracle rates exploitation as easy, network reachable via HTTP, and possible with only low privileges.

Researcher notes

Evidence is limited to the CVE description and Oracle CPU reference. No CWE, exploit details, KEV status, or product-specific patch matrix beyond the Oracle advisory reference is included in the supplied bundle.

Mitigation direction

  • Confirm whether Oracle Sourcing 12.1.1-12.1.3 is deployed.
  • Review Oracle's April 2021 Critical Patch Update guidance for applicable fixes.
  • Apply the vendor-supported update path for the exact E-Business Suite release.
  • Restrict Oracle Sourcing HTTP access to trusted users and networks while validating patch status.
  • Review low-privileged accounts and remove unnecessary Oracle Sourcing access.

Validation and detection

  • Inventory Oracle E-Business Suite modules and confirm Oracle Sourcing version numbers.
  • Compare patch records with Oracle's April 2021 Critical Patch Update guidance.
  • Verify affected HTTP endpoints are not broadly reachable beyond required user groups.
  • Review Oracle Sourcing audit logs for unusual reads, creations, deletions, or modifications.
  • Check low-privileged account activity against RFx and Sourcing data access expectations.
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Confidence
high
Sources
3

Public sources used

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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-2021-2263Attack 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 CorporationSourcing12.1.1-12.1.3Listed
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CWE details

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