CVE-2012-0537
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedUnspecified vulnerability in the Oracle Application Object Library component in Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1.3 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality and integrity, related to HTML pages.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceVulnerability in Oracle Application Object Library within E-Business Suite 12.1.3 affecting HTML pages. The 'unspecified' nature combined with confidentiality and integrity impact suggests a cross-site scripting (XSS) or HTML injection flaw in web pages generated by the Application Object Library. Remote attackers can inject malicious content or scripts into HTML pages viewed by other users.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 12.1.3CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- None
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm Oracle E-Business Suite versionQuery the FND_PRODUCT_GROUPS table: SELECT product_group_id, release_name FROM fnd_product_groups; or check the OAM (Oracle Application Manager) About page.Affected if The release_name equals 12.1.3 exactly, as this is the only version listed as affected.
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Verify Application Object Library component is installedQuery FND_APPLICATION for the Application Object Library: SELECT application_id, application_name FROM fnd_application WHERE application_name = 'Application Object Library';Affected if The query returns a row indicating Application Object Library is installed, as this is the vulnerable component.
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Confirm web listener is enabledCheck if the Oracle HTTP Server or Apache listener serving the E-Business Suite web pages is running and accessible. Use: ps -ef | grep -i apache or opmnctl status.Affected if The web listener is active, as the vulnerability exists in HTML pages served by Application Object Library.
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Identify Application Object Library HTML pages in useReview the HTML pages generated by the Application Object Library module. Check the $OA_HTML directory or equivalent for JSP/OAF files from the Application Object Library.Affected if Custom or standard Application Object Library HTML pages are being served to users, as the XSS flaw exists in these pages.
A user is affected if they are running exactly Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1.3 with the Application Object Library web interfaces enabled and serving HTML pages to end users.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataApply Oracle Critical Patch Update (CPU) for April 2012 or later that addresses CVE-2012-0537. If patches are unavailable for E-Business Suite 12.1.3, consider upgrading to a supported version or implementing web application firewall (WAF) rules to filter malicious HTML/script inputs.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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