Vulnerability record

CVE-2019-2616

Oracle BI Publisher Unauthorized Access Vulnerability

Severity: HighExploitation: Exploitation confirmedCISA KEV
What should I do?

This vulnerability is in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: attackers are using it. If you run BI Publisher (Formerly XML Publisher), fix it now.

CISA required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

US federal civilian agencies must remediate by Apr 15, 2022.

Patch status

Official fix available since

Apply the vendor's update to every affected system. Check the fixed-in versions below where known.

Basis: NVD patch reference

Description

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).

Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database. Official vulnerability data, reproduced as published.

Affected products

Products affected by this vulnerability, with versions and the source of each entry
ProductVendorSource
BI Publisher (Formerly XML Publisher)OracleKEV

Sources: KEV = CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Version details have not been published yet.

Intelligence timeline

Developments from the last 30 days, newest first.

  1. CVSS scoredUpdateKEV

    CVE-2019-2616 scored CVSS 7.2: Oracle BI Publisher (Formerly XML Publisher), Oracle BI Publisher Unauthorized Access Vulnerability

    CISA lists this as exploited in the wild. Unpatched BI Publisher (Formerly XML Publisher) systems are exposed to active attacks now.

    Basis: NIST National Vulnerability Database

  2. Patch releasedUpdateKEV

    Patch released for CVE-2019-2616: Oracle BI Publisher (Formerly XML Publisher), Oracle BI Publisher Unauthorized Access Vulnerability

    An official fix is now available for Oracle BI Publisher (Formerly XML Publisher). This vulnerability is being exploited, so apply it promptly.

    Basis: NVD patch reference

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References

  • nvd.nist.gov https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-2616
  • oracle.com http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html
  • cisa.gov https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-2616