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CVE-2015-4849 Oracle E-Business Suite

Affected softwareOracle E-Business Suite
Affected versions11.5.10.2, 12.0.6, 12.1.3, 12.2.3, 12.2.4
Severity6.8 Medium CVSS 2.0
Fixed inOracle Critical Patch Update October 2015
Published21 Oct 2015
Updated17 Jun 2026

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the Oracle Payments component in Oracle E-Business Suite 11.5.10.2, 12.0.6, 12.1.3, 12.2.3, and 12.2.4 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to Punch-in. NOTE: the previous information is from the October 2015 CPU. Oracle has not commented on third-party claims that this issue is an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or conduct SMB Relay attacks via a crafted DTD in an XML request to OA_HTML/IspPunchInServlet.

Exploitation status

No public exploit

No exploit has been reported in the sources we check. Published 11 years ago.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment no assessment published
  • Indexed PoC none indexed
  • EPSS 3.1% chance in 30 days

Waratek protection

Protected by Waratek

Waratek has a rule that blocks attacks on this vulnerability.

  • Protection full XXE
  • Action available security rule
  • Review automated Inferred
  • Record active
Decided by A vulnerability class already blocked by an ARMR security rule
Finding Protected by Waratek's ARMR xxe security rule, which blocks this class of attack at the JVM level without a rule written for this CVE specifically. The CVE's description identifies a XXE vulnerability. Matched by description (no CWE was assigned).

How to mitigate CVE-2015-4849

Apply the fix in Oracle Critical Patch Update October 2015. Until you can, Waratek RASP blocks exploitation with its XXE rule. It runs inside the Java application, with no code changes.

Waratek RASP Runtime protection for Java applications

Affected software and releases

Oracle advisories

AdvisoryTypeQuarterProducts Oracle names in its risk matrix
Oracle Critical Patch Update October 2015 ↗ CPU 2015-Q4 Oracle E-Business Suite / Oracle Payments (11.5.10.2, 12.0.6, 12.1.3, 12.2.3, 12.2.4)

Oracle components and versions

FamilyComponentVersions, as Oracle lists themRead as
Oracle E-Business Suite Oracle Payments 11.5.10.2, 12.0.6, 12.1.3, 12.2.3, 12.2.4 11.5.10.2 · 12.0.6 · 12.1.3 · 12.2.3 · 12.2.4

Products and versions

1 product, 5 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
nvd oracle e-business suite generic 11.5.10.2 · 12.0.6 · 12.1.3 · 12.2.3 · 12.2.4

References

URLTags
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134118/Oracle-E-Business-Suite-12.1.3-XXE-Injection.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Oct/112
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2015-2367953.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/536789/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77243
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033877
https://erpscan.io/advisories/erpscan-15-029-oracle-e-business-suite-xxe-injection-vulnerability/

Timeline

Published2015-10-21By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-06-17NVD's own last-modified date for this record.