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CVE-2021-2269: Vulnerability in the Oracle Advanced Pricing product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: Price Book).

Vulnerability in the Oracle Advanced Pricing product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: Price Book). 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 Advanced Pricing. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all Oracle Advanced Pricing accessible data as well as unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle Advanced Pricing 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 is a high-severity data exposure and tampering flaw in Oracle E-Business Suite Advanced Pricing. A low-privileged user with HTTP access could compromise Price Book data, including reading, creating, changing, or deleting critical information.

Executive priority

Treat this as a near-term remediation item where Oracle E-Business Suite pricing data supports revenue, contracts, or customer terms. The main business risk is unauthorized access to or manipulation of critical pricing data.

Technical view

CVE-2021-2269 affects Oracle Advanced Pricing, Price Book component, in Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1.3. The CVSS 3.1 vector indicates network access, low privileges, no user interaction, unchanged scope, high confidentiality impact, high integrity impact, and no availability impact.

Likely exposure

Exposure is limited to organizations running Oracle E-Business Suite Advanced Pricing 12.1.3 with Price Book reachable over HTTP by low-privileged authenticated users.

Exploitation context

The provided sources do not show active exploitation, and the CVE is not listed as KEV. The risk is still material because exploitation is described as easy and requires only low privileges.

Researcher notes

The public record does not identify a CWE or provide exploit details. Analysis should stay focused on authenticated HTTP exposure, role permissions, Price Book data flows, and Oracle CPU remediation evidence.

Mitigation direction

  • Review Oracle's April 2021 Critical Patch Update guidance for this CVE.
  • Prioritize remediation for internet-facing or broadly accessible E-Business Suite deployments.
  • Restrict HTTP access to Oracle Advanced Pricing to trusted users and networks.
  • Review low-privileged roles with Price Book access.
  • Increase monitoring for unauthorized pricing data reads or changes.

Validation and detection

  • Inventory Oracle E-Business Suite instances and confirm Advanced Pricing version 12.1.3.
  • Verify whether the Price Book component is enabled and reachable over HTTP.
  • Confirm Oracle CPU remediation status for CVE-2021-2269.
  • Review access logs for unusual Price Book activity.
  • Check whether low-privileged accounts can reach sensitive pricing workflows.
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Confidence
high
Sources
3

Public sources used

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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-2021-2269Attack 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 CorporationAdvanced Pricing12.1.3Listed
Weakness

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