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Webcenter Sites Support ToolsApplication · Oracle

CVE-2022-21575

MEDIUM · 6.0 CVSS v3.1 Published 2022-07-19
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to after 4.4.2 or later.
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66/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Remotely reachable 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 WebCenter Sites Support Tools product of Oracle Fusion Middleware (component: User Interface). The supported version that is affected is Prior to 4.4.2. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle WebCenter Sites Support Tools. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle WebCenter Sites Support Tools accessible data as well as unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle WebCenter Sites Support Tools accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Oracle WebCenter Sites Support Tools. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.0 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L).

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
Webcenter Sites Support ToolsApplication
Affected:<= 4.4.2

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

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

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.

dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to a release after 4.4.2
Vendor patch www.oracle.com →
Recommended fix High confidence

4.4.2

  1. 1. Review the Oracle Critical Patch Update advisory for July 2022 at https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html for complete CVE details
  2. 2. Identify the current version of Oracle WebCenter Sites Support Tools installed in your environment
  3. 3. Download Oracle WebCenter Sites Support Tools version 4.4.2 or later from Oracle's official distribution channels
  4. 4. Test the upgrade in a non-production environment to verify compatibility with your existing Oracle WebCenter Sites deployment
  5. 5. Create a full backup of the current WebCenter Sites installation and database
  6. 6. Schedule a maintenance window for the upgrade
  7. 7. Perform the upgrade to version 4.4.2 following Oracle's official installation documentation
  8. 8. Verify the upgrade was successful by checking the product version

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

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