Oracle Application Express 23.2/24.1 General improper authorization

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A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Oracle Application Express 23.2/24.1. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component General. Executing a manipulation can lead to improper authorization. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-21557. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability has been found in Oracle Application Express 23.2/24.1 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality of the component General. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authorization vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-285. The product does not perform or incorrectly performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Vulnerability in Oracle Application Express (component: General). Supported versions that are affected are 23.2 and 24.1. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Application Express. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker and while the vulnerability is in Oracle Application Express, 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 Application Express accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle Application Express accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.4 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N).

The advisory is available at oracle.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-21557 since 12/25/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 06/23/2025). This vulnerability is assigned to T1548.002 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

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• Oracle

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• Application Express

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• 23.2
• 24.1

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.oracle.com

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