dbcve.org
Email CenterApplication · Oracle

CVE-2020-2796

HIGH · 8.2 CVSS v3.1 Published 2020-04-15
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to after 12.2.9 or later.
See remediation →
89/100
Remediation priority · High
Remotely reachable No privileges

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
Vulnerability in the Oracle Email Center product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: Message Display). Supported versions that are affected are 12.1.1-12.1.3 and 12.2.3-12.2.9. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Email Center. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker and while the vulnerability is in Oracle Email Center, attacks may significantly impact additional products. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle Email Center accessible data as well as unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle Email Center accessible data. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 8.2 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N).

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 · high confidence

A vulnerability in Oracle Email Center's Message Display component allows unauthenticated remote attackers to inject malicious content via HTTP that executes when a victim clicks a crafted link or interacts with the page. This cross-site scripting (or similar injection) enables attackers to access sensitive data or perform unauthorized updates to Oracle Email Center data.

MitigationApply the relevant Oracle Critical Patch Update for CVE-2020-2796. As an interim measure, restrict network access to Oracle Email Center and disable the Message Display functionality until the patch can be applied.

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
Email CenterApplication
Affected:>= 12.1.1, <= 12.1.3>= 12.2.3, <= 12.2.9

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
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/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 checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Confirm Oracle Email Center is installed
    Check for Oracle Email Center components on the system by reviewing Oracle Fusion Middleware inventory or application deployment directories. Look for Oracle Email Center installation paths (commonly under $ORACLE_HOME/email).
    Affected if Oracle Email Center is present on the system
  2. Identify the installed version
    Locate the version file or use Oracle Opatch to query the installed version: opatch lsinventory -all | grep -i 'Email Center' or check the version.txt in the Email Center Oracle Home directory.
    Affected if Version falls within >= 12.1.1 to <= 12.1.3 OR >= 12.2.3 to <= 12.2.9
  3. Verify Message Display component is accessible
    Check if the Message Display functionality is enabled in Oracle Email Center configuration. Review the component settings in the Oracle Enterprise Manager console or the emailcenter-config.xml configuration file for the MessageDisplay module.
    Affected if Message Display component is enabled and exposed via HTTP/HTTPS
  4. Check network exposure of Email Center interface
    Review network listener configurations (Oracle HTTP Server or Oracle WebLogic Server) to determine if Oracle Email Center endpoints are exposed to untrusted networks. Examine listener.ora, httpd.conf, or WebLogic console for external bindings.
    Affected if Email Center HTTP interfaces are accessible from untrusted networks (not restricted to internal/VPN-only access)

If Oracle Email Center is installed with a version between 12.1.1-12.1.3 or 12.2.3-12.2.9 AND the Message Display component is enabled and exposed via HTTP, the environment is vulnerable to CVE-2020-2796.

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

Check your environment

Paste your version and any relevant configuration and it will be compared against the affected criteria above. Do not include secrets or credentials.

AI-assisted, checked against the advisory. Informational, not a guarantee.

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 data
Upgrade available Upgrade to a release after 12.2.9
Interim mitigation

Apply the relevant Oracle Critical Patch Update for CVE-2020-2796. As an interim measure, restrict network access to Oracle Email Center and disable the Message Display functionality until the patch can be applied.

Fix this in Email Center Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation2.0 h
  • Implementation4.0 h
  • Testing4.0 h
  • Review / QA2.0 h
12.0 hours of engineering $2,080
Get the upgrade done

An estimate, not a bill — we confirm scope with you before any work starts. Need it this week? Rush from $3,328.

Scan for this in your stack

Free · runs locally
dbcve dependency scanner

Check whether your project pulls in CVE-2020-2796 — or any other known-vulnerable package — straight from your lock files. Free and open source; it runs locally and uploads nothing.

Get it on GitHub Scan in the browser

References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.

Primary sources

Practitioner notes

Contributed

Peer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2020-2796 in production — separate from our analysis above.

No notes yet

Be the first to add a field note for this CVE — a mitigation you’ve verified, a version caveat, or a link to a working fix. Sign in above to contribute.

What this is

A place for practitioners to share what actually worked: a mitigation you’ve tested, a configuration change, a version- or environment-specific caveat, or a link to a verified patch. The most useful notes rise to the top as peers upvote them, so the signal stays high.

What belongs here
  • Verified mitigations, workarounds, and config changes
  • Version or environment caveats, and links to real fixes
  • No weaponised exploit code, or anything meant to cause harm
  • No spam, self-promotion, credentials, or personal data