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CVE-2022-21544: Vulnerability in the Oracle FLEXCUBE Universal Banking product of Oracle Financial Services Applications (c...

Vulnerability in the Oracle FLEXCUBE Universal Banking product of Oracle Financial Services Applications (component: Infrastructure). Supported versions that are affected are 12.1-12.4, 14.0-14.3 and 14.5. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle FLEXCUBE Universal Banking. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle FLEXCUBE Universal Banking. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.1 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

HighCVSS 7.1Not KEV-listedUpdated
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Plain-English summary

CVE-2022-21544 affects Oracle FLEXCUBE Universal Banking. A low-privileged attacker with HTTP network access could, with victim interaction, take over the application. Exploitation is rated difficult, but the possible impact spans confidentiality, integrity, and availability of a core banking platform.

Executive priority

Prioritize for banking environments using Oracle FLEXCUBE because successful compromise could mean application takeover. Urgency is high, but not emergency-level from the supplied evidence because exploitation is difficult, requires user interaction, and no active exploitation is cited.

Technical view

Oracle describes an Infrastructure component vulnerability in FLEXCUBE Universal Banking versions 12.1-12.4, 14.0-14.3, and 14.5. CVSS 3.1 is 7.1 with network attack vector, high attack complexity, low privileges required, user interaction required, unchanged scope, and high CIA impact.

Likely exposure

Exposure is likely limited to organizations running affected Oracle FLEXCUBE Universal Banking versions, especially where HTTP access is reachable by authenticated low-privileged users or broader internal networks.

Exploitation context

The provided sources do not show active exploitation or CISA KEV listing. Oracle characterizes exploitation as difficult and requiring human interaction by someone other than the attacker.

Researcher notes

The public bundle does not identify a CWE, detailed root cause, exploit method, or independent reproduction evidence. Treat validation as version, patch, and exposure confirmation rather than exploit reproduction.

Mitigation direction

  • Identify all Oracle FLEXCUBE Universal Banking deployments and versions.
  • Review Oracle July 2022 CPU guidance for the listed FLEXCUBE versions.
  • Apply applicable Oracle vendor fixes or supported upgrade guidance.
  • Restrict HTTP access to trusted users and networks where operationally possible.
  • Review low-privileged account access to FLEXCUBE interfaces.

Validation and detection

  • Confirm whether any deployment runs versions 12.1-12.4, 14.0-14.3, or 14.5.
  • Verify installed patch level against Oracle July 2022 CPU guidance.
  • Map which FLEXCUBE HTTP interfaces are reachable internally or externally.
  • Review access logs for suspicious low-privileged activity around FLEXCUBE.
  • Document compensating controls if patching cannot be completed immediately.
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Confidence
high
Sources
3

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Vulnerability profileCVE Program record
Severity
High
CVSS
7.1 (3.1)
Known Exploited
No
Published

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

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
7.1CVSS 3.1HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H1.25.9Primary CVE score

Vulnerability scoring details

Base CVSS 3.1 score

7.1High
CVSS 3.1 vector shape for CVE-2022-21544Attack VectorAttack ComplexityPrivileges RequiredUser InteractionScopeConfidentiality ImpactIntegrity ImpactAvailability Impact

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

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 CorporationFLEXCUBE Universal Banking12.1-12.4, 14.0-14.3, 14.5Listed
Weakness

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