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Commerce Experience ManagerApplication · Oracle

CVE-2015-0495

HIGH · 7.5 CVSS v2.0 Published 2015-04-16
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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84/100
Remediation priority · High
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click

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 · unedited
Unspecified vulnerability in the Oracle Commerce Guided Search / Oracle Commerce Experience Manager component in Oracle Commerce Platform 3.x and 11.x allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to Workbench.

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 confidence

A high-severity unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Commerce Guided Search/Experience Manager Workbench allows remote attackers to impact confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The vulnerability affects Oracle Commerce Platform versions 3.x and 11.x, with exploitation likely requiring no authentication due to CVSS metrics.

MitigationApply Oracle Critical Patch Update (April 2015) containing the fix for this vulnerability. Verify Workbench functionality post-patch as part of standard regression testing.

Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.

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
Commerce Experience ManagerApplication
Affected:all versions
Commerce Guided SearchApplication
Affected:all versions

CVSS 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
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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 checks

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  1. Identify if Oracle Commerce is installed
    Search for Oracle Commerce Guided Search or Experience Manager installation directories (commonly under /Oracle/, /ATG/, or in Windows Program Files). Check running processes for 'atg' or 'commerce' named services.
    Affected if Oracle Commerce Guided Search or Experience Manager software is found on the system
  2. Check the installed version
    Locate version information in the installation directory, typically in a version.txt, about.txt, or in manifest files within the commerce installation. Alternatively, access the Workbench About page if the interface is accessible.
    Affected if Version is 3.x or 11.x (all versions in these ranges are affected)
  3. Verify Workbench component is enabled
    Examine the application configuration files (typically in config/ or atg/dtmmaker/ directories) for Workbench-related components. Look for modules named 'workbench', 'dtm', or 'experience-manager' that are set to enabled.
    Affected if Workbench component is present and enabled in the configuration
  4. Check Workbench network exposure
    Review server configuration files (httpd.conf, server.xml, or equivalent) to determine which network interfaces the Workbench application binds to. Check firewall rules restricting access to Workbench ports (typically 8080, 8443, or custom commerce ports).
    Affected if Workbench is bound to 0.0.0.0 or an exposed network interface without IP restrictions
  5. Inspect Workbench access logs
    Review access logs for the Workbench application (typically in logs/ directory under the Workbench context path) for unauthorized or suspicious requests, especially from external IP addresses.
    Affected if Unrecognized external IP addresses appear in Workbench access logs

Your environment is affected if Oracle Commerce Guided Search or Experience Manager version 3.x or 11.x is installed with the Workbench component enabled and accessible over the network.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Apply Oracle Critical Patch Update (April 2015) containing the fix for this vulnerability. Verify Workbench functionality post-patch as part of standard regression testing.

Fix this in Commerce Experience Manager Scoped from the published advisory
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  • Testing6.0 h
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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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