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IrecruitmentApplication · Oracle

CVE-2022-21545

MEDIUM · 5.3 CVSS v3.1 Published 2022-07-19
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to after 12.2.11 or later.
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62/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click Patch available

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 · unedited
Vulnerability in the Oracle iRecruitment product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: Candidate Self Service Registration). Supported versions that are affected are 12.2.3-12.2.11. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle iRecruitment. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle iRecruitment accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.3 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/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.

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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
IrecruitmentApplication
Affected:>= 12.2.3, <= 12.2.11

CVSS 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
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None

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

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dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to a release after 12.2.11
Vendor patch www.oracle.com →
Recommended fix High confidence

Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2.12 or later (which includes the July 2022 CPU fixes)

  1. 1. Navigate to the Oracle Critical Patch Update advisory page: https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
  2. 2. Locate the Oracle iRecruitment (Oracle E-Business Suite) patch for CVE-2022-21545 in the July 2022 CPU
  3. 3. Download the appropriate patch file for your Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2.x version
  4. 4. Review the patch readme and prerequisites documentation provided by Oracle
  5. 5. Apply the patch following Oracle's standard E-Business Suite patch application procedures
  6. 6. Verify the patch was applied successfully by checking the Oracle applications version or using ADADMIN
  7. 7. Test the Candidate Self Service Registration functionality to confirm normal operation
Caveat Standard Oracle patch application risks apply - test in non-production environment first, back up database, and schedule during maintenance window

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