# CVE-2023-21983: Vulnerability in the Application Express Administration product of Oracle Application Express (component: None).

- Severity: CVSS 5.6 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-07-18 · Updated: 2024-09-13

## Affected

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

## Description

Vulnerability in the Application Express Administration product of Oracle Application Express (component: None). Supported versions that are affected are Application Express Administration: 18.2-22.2. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Application Express Administration. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Application Express Administration accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of Application Express Administration accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Application Express Administration. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.6 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L).

## 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.
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## References

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

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