Oracle Knowledge Management up to 12.2.13 Create/Update/Authoring Flow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Oracle Knowledge Management up to 12.2.13. It has been declared as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Create/Update/Authoring Flow. Executing a manipulation can lead to an unknown weakness. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2024-20940. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Oracle Knowledge Management up to 12.2.13 (Knowledge Base Software) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the component Create/Update/Authoring Flow. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, and integrity.

The weakness was presented 01/16/2024 as Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2024. The advisory is shared for download at oracle.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-20940. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 06/20/2025).

A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2024-18654). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.9

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VulDB Temp Score: 5.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Unknown
CWE: Unknown
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

12/07/2023 🔍
01/16/2024 +40 days 🔍
01/16/2024 +0 days 🔍
01/17/2024 +1 days 🔍
06/20/2025 +520 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2024
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-20940 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-20940
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-251068
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Entryinfo

Created: 01/17/2024 09:09
Updated: 06/20/2025 21:59
Changes: 01/17/2024 09:09 (38), 02/08/2024 07:34 (2), 02/08/2024 07:40 (11), 06/20/2025 21:59 (15)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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