CVE-2024-21287
CVE-2024-21287 is a security flaw in Oracle Agile Product Lifecycle Management (PLM). Attackers can reach parts of Oracle Agile Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) that should be locked to them from anywhere, without logging in. The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added it to its catalog of flaws known to be used in attacks on 21 Nov 2024.[1]
Oracle Agile Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) is business software or equipment. Most families won’t have it, but attackers break into it to get inside companies, and from there to what those companies hold about their customers, patients and staff. Oracle has published a fix or advice.
Description
CISA calls it an incorrect authorization in Oracle Agile Product Lifecycle Management (PLM). In its words: “Oracle Agile Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) contains an incorrect authorization vulnerability in the Process Extension component of the Software Development Kit. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in unauthenticated file disclosure.”[1]
The CVE record adds: “Vulnerability in the Oracle Agile PLM Framework product of Oracle Supply Chain (component: Software Development Kit, Process Extension). The supported version that is affected is 9.3.6. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Agile PLM Framework. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle Agile PLM Framework accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.5 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N).”[2]
The underlying weakness is incorrect authorization (CWE-863), in MITRE’s list of common software weaknesses.
It scores 7.5 out of 10 on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System, which rates it high, scored by the organisation that published the CVE using CVSS 3.1.[2]
Affected versions
NVD’s record doesn’t list version ranges for it; Oracle’s advisory has them[3]. CISA names the product as Oracle Agile Product Lifecycle Management (PLM).
Most families won’t have Oracle Agile Product Lifecycle Management (PLM); it’s for whoever looks after IT at work.
Exploitation
CISA added it to its catalog of known exploited vulnerabilities on 21 Nov 2024, 3 days after it was made public. CISA lists a flaw only when it has reliable evidence of it being exploited, and gave US federal agencies until 12 Dec 2024 to fix it.[1]
FIRST’s Exploit Prediction Scoring System, which estimates how likely a flaw is to be used in attacks in the next 30 days from what it sees across the internet, puts it at 2%. That’s in the top 23% of the flaws it scores.[4]
CISA assesses it as automatable: attackers can run it against many targets at once.
CISA doesn’t say who was attacked, or how.
Fix
Oracle has published a fix or advice.[3] CISA’s required action: “Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.”[1]
- Check whether you use it.Oracle Agile Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) is business software or equipment, so most families won’t have it. If you run a business, or work from home on company equipment, ask whoever looks after your IT.
- Send this page to your IT person.Ask them to confirm it’s fixed, or not in use. CISA gave US government agencies until 12 Dec 2024 to fix it.
- If it can’t be fixed, take it offline.CISA’s advice when there’s no fix is to stop using the product, or take it off the internet, until there is one.
You can’t fix someone else’s server, but you can watch for what follows a break-in like this: a breach notice, a password reset you didn’t ask for, or a scam message that knows things it shouldn’t. HARD watches for those for you and your family.
Timeline
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| The flaw is made public in the National Vulnerability Database, with a severity score of 7.5.[2] | |
| CISA adds it to its catalog of flaws known to be used in attacks.[1] | |
| CISA’s deadline for US government agencies to fix it.[1] | |
| FIRST puts the odds of it being used in attacks in the next 30 days at 2%.[4] |
See also
Other Oracle Agile Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) flaws
- CVE-2024-20953: deserialization ·
Other Oracle flaws
- CVE-2026-21962, Oracle HTTP Server and Oracle Weblogic Server Proxy Plug-in: improper access control ·
- CVE-2026-46817, Oracle E-Business Suite: improper privilege management ·
- CVE-2026-35273, Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools: missing authentication for critical function ·
- CVE-2024-21182, Oracle WebLogic Server: unspecified ·
- CVE-2025-61757, Oracle Fusion Middleware: missing authentication for critical function ·
Other incorrect authorization flaws
- CVE-2026-71362, Adobe Commerce and Magento: incorrect authorization ·
- CVE-2026-42016, JFrog Artifactory: incorrect authorization ·
- CVE-2025-54253, Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) Forms: experience manager forms code execution ·
- CVE-2025-55177, Meta Platforms WhatsApp: incorrect authorization ·
- CVE-2025-21480, Qualcomm Multiple Chipsets: incorrect authorization ·
Added the same day
- CVE-2024-44309, Apple devices: cross-site scripting (XSS) ·
- CVE-2024-44308, Apple devices: code execution ·
Every Oracle flaw on CISA’s list · Everything added in November 2024
References
- ^ Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. “Oracle Agile Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Incorrect Authorization Vulnerability”. Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, added 21 Nov 2024.
- ^ National Institute of Standards and Technology. “CVE-2024-21287 Detail”. National Vulnerability Database, published 18 Nov 2024.
- ^ Oracle. Advisories and fixes: oracle.com.
- ^ FIRST. “Exploit Prediction Scoring System”. EPSS 0.017, percentile 77.5, 31 Oct 2026.
- CVE Program. “CVE-2024-21287”. The official CVE record.
This article is built from CISA’s catalog (version 2026.10.30), NVD’s record and FIRST’s scores, kept in HARD’s database and checked every morning. The plain English is HARD’s.