CVE-2019-2616 vulnerability in Oracle Products
Published on April 23, 2019
Vulnerability in the BI Publisher (formerly XML Publisher) component of Oracle Fusion Middleware (subcomponent: BI Publisher Security). Supported versions that are affected are 11.1.1.9.0, 12.2.1.3.0 and 12.2.1.4.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise BI Publisher (formerly XML Publisher). While the vulnerability is in BI Publisher (formerly XML Publisher), attacks may significantly impact additional products. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of BI Publisher (formerly XML Publisher) accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of BI Publisher (formerly XML Publisher) accessible data. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 7.2 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N).
Known Exploited Vulnerability
This Oracle BI Publisher Unauthorized Access Vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. Oracle BI Publisher, formerly XML Publisher, contains an unspecified vulnerability which allows for various unauthorized actions. Open-source reporting attributes this vulnerability to allowing for authentication bypass.
The following remediation steps are recommended / required by April 15, 2022: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2019-2616 is exploitable with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. This vulnerability is known to be actively exploited by threat actors in an automatable fashion. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a small impact on confidentiality and integrity, and no impact on availability.
Products Associated with CVE-2019-2616
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Affected Versions
Oracle Corporation BI Publisher (formerly XML Publisher):- Version 11.1.1.9.0 is affected.
- Version 12.2.1.3.0 is affected.
- Version 12.2.1.4.0 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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