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Financial Services Revenue Management And BillingApplication · Oracle

CVE-2024-21188

MEDIUM · 6.1 CVSS v3.1 Published 2024-07-16
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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68/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Remotely reachable No privileges

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 Financial Services Revenue Management and Billing product of Oracle Financial Services Applications (component: Chatbot). Supported versions that are affected are 6.0.0.0.0 and 6.1.0.0.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Financial Services Revenue Management and Billing. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker and while the vulnerability is in Oracle Financial Services Revenue Management and Billing, attacks may significantly impact additional products (scope change). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle Financial Services Revenue Management and Billing accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle Financial Services Revenue Management and Billing accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.1 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/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 confidence

Unauthenticated HTTP-based vulnerability in the Chatbot component of Oracle Financial Services Revenue Management and Billing versions 6.0.0.0.0 and 6.1.0.0.0 allows attackers with network access to compromise the system. Successful exploitation requires human interaction and enables unauthorized read, insert, update, and delete access to a subset of accessible data, with potential scope expansion to additional products.

MitigationApply Oracle's available patches for this vulnerability; until patched, restrict network access to Chatbot endpoints and monitor for suspicious interactions.

Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.

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
Financial Services Revenue Management And BillingApplication
Affected:= 6.0.0.0.0= 6.1.0.0.0

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
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/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 checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Identify Oracle Financial Services Revenue Management and Billing installation
    Locate the installation directory for Oracle Financial Services Revenue Management and Billing - typically found in Oracle Middleware home or dedicated application directories. Look for the revenue management and billing application deployment.
    Affected if The product is not installed - if you do not have this Oracle product, you are not affected.
  2. Determine installed product version
    Check the version of the installed Oracle Financial Services Revenue Management and Billing. Consult Oracle documentation for version file location or use Oracle Enterprise Manager to query the deployed application version.
    Affected if The installed version equals exactly 6.0.0.0.0 or 6.1.0.0.0 - other versions are not affected by this specific CVE.
  3. Verify Chatbot component is enabled
    Examine the application configuration to determine if the Chatbot component is deployed and active. Check the application's web.xml or corresponding configuration files for Chatbot-related servlets or endpoints.
    Affected if The Chatbot component is disabled or not deployed - if the Chatbot is not in use, exploitation is not possible.
  4. Check network accessibility of Chatbot HTTP endpoints
    Review network configuration and firewall rules to determine if Chatbot HTTP endpoints are accessible from network locations. Identify the HTTP/HTTPS endpoints associated with the Chatbot component.
    Affected if Chatbot HTTP endpoints are exposed to unauthenticated network access - the vulnerability requires network access to the Chatbot interface.

You are affected if you have Oracle Financial Services Revenue Management and Billing version 6.0.0.0.0 or 6.1.0.0.0 with the Chatbot component enabled and accessible over HTTP from the network.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Apply Oracle's available patches for this vulnerability; until patched, restrict network access to Chatbot endpoints and monitor for suspicious interactions.

Fix this in Financial Services Revenue Management And Billing Scoped from the published advisory
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