CVE-2020-14896
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedVulnerability in the Oracle Banking Payments product of Oracle Financial Services Applications (component: Core). Supported versions that are affected are 14.1.0-14.4.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Banking Payments. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle Banking Payments accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.5 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N).
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceVulnerability in Oracle Banking Payments Core component allows low-privileged authenticated attackers via HTTP to access critical data. The CVSS vector (C:H/I:N/A:N) indicates primary confidentiality impact with no integrity or availability effects. The 'easily exploitable' designation suggests straightforward attack execution.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data>= 14.1.0, <= 14.4.0CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify Oracle Banking Payments installationQuery the application inventory or deployment records for Oracle Banking Payments. Check application metadata files, deployment descriptors, or use the Oracle system inventory tools if available.Affected if Oracle Banking Payments is present in the environment
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Determine installed versionLocate the version file or check the About/Version information within the Oracle Banking Payments application console, or query the application's database metadata tables for the version string.Affected if The installed version falls within the range >= 14.1.0 and <= 14.4.0
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Verify HTTP interface exposureReview network configuration, load balancer rules, or web server configuration to confirm the banking payment HTTP endpoints are accessible over the network from untrusted zones.Affected if HTTP interfaces for Oracle Banking Payments are externally accessible or accessible from less-trusted network segments
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Confirm authentication is enabledReview the authentication configuration settings in the Oracle Banking Payments admin console or security configuration files to verify that user authentication is enforced on the payment interfaces.Affected if The application accepts authenticated HTTP sessions for low-privileged users
The environment is affected if Oracle Banking Payments version 14.1.0 through 14.4.0 is installed with its HTTP interface accessible to authenticated users.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataApply Oracle Critical Patch Update for affected versions 14.1.0-14.4.0. If patches unavailable, restrict network access to banking payment interfaces and review user privilege assignments.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2020-14896 in production — separate from our analysis above.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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