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MarketingApplication · Oracle

CVE-2025-53072

CRITICAL · 9.8 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-10-21
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to after 12.2.14 or later.
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100/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
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
Vulnerability in the Oracle Marketing product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: Marketing Administration). Supported versions that are affected are 12.2.3-12.2.14. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Marketing. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle Marketing. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 9.8 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

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

Unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability in Oracle E-Business Suite Marketing Administration component allowing complete system takeover via HTTP. The CVSS vector indicates network-accessible exploitation with no authentication required and full confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact.

MitigationApply Oracle Critical Patch Update immediately; restrict network access to Oracle Marketing endpoints until patch is applied; validate that unauthorized access has not already occurred.

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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
MarketingApplication
Affected:>= 12.2.3, <= 12.2.14

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
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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. Confirm Oracle E-Business Suite is installed
    Check for Oracle E-Business Suite installation directories or running processes (such as oacore, forms, apache) on the server. Look for ORACLE_HOME environment variable pointing to EBS directories.
    Affected if Oracle E-Business Suite is present and running on the network.
  2. Identify Oracle Marketing module version
    Query the Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) or use the command 'adident Header $OA_META/filename' on Marketing-related JAR files in the EBS Oracle Home. The version is also visible in the About Oracle E-Business Suite page accessible via the /OA_HTML/AboutOracleEBS.html endpoint.
    Affected if The installed version falls within >= 12.2.3 and <= 12.2.14.
  3. Verify Marketing Administration component is exposed
    Check if the Oracle Marketing Administration interface is accessible over HTTP/HTTPS from the network. Test access to common Marketing-related URLs such as /OA_HTML/marketing or /oa_servlets/marketing. Review web server configuration files (httpd.conf, Oracle HTTP Server config) for exposed Marketing paths.
    Affected if The Marketing Administration component is network-accessible without authentication.
  4. Inspect access logs for suspicious Marketing endpoint activity
    Review Apache/OHS access logs (default location $ORACLE_HOME/Apache/Apache/logs/access_log) and Oracle E-Business Suite logs for unusual requests to Marketing Administration URLs, especially those containing encoded payloads, SQL injection patterns, or unexpected HTTP methods.
    Affected if Log entries show unauthorized or suspicious requests to Marketing Administration endpoints.

The environment is affected if Oracle E-Business Suite with Oracle Marketing version 12.2.3 through 12.2.14 has its Marketing Administration component network-accessible without authentication.

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

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dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to a release after 12.2.14
Interim mitigation

Apply Oracle Critical Patch Update immediately; restrict network access to Oracle Marketing endpoints until patch is applied; validate that unauthorized access has not already occurred.

Recommended fix Moderate confidence
  1. Check Oracle My Oracle Support (MOS) for the latest Critical Patch Update (CPU) that addresses CVE-2025-53072
  2. Review Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2 release documentation and patching guidelines
  3. Apply the appropriate Oracle E-Business Suite patch from Oracle's official CPU release
  4. After patching, verify the Marketing Administration component no longer accepts unauthenticated HTTP requests
  5. Confirm the patch was applied successfully by checking the applied patches in ADADMIN or similar utility
Caveat Oracle E-Business Suite upgrades require thorough testing in a non-production environment due to the complexity of the application stack

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

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