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CVE-2016-3473

Unspecified vulnerability in the BI Publisher (formerly XML Publisher) component in Oracle Fusion Middleware 11.1.1.7.0, 11.1.1.9.0, and 12.2.1.0.0 allows remote authenticated users to affect confidentiality via unknown vectors.

EXPLOITHIGH 7.7EPSS 13.9%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 13.9%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the BI Publisher (formerly XML Publisher) component in Oracle Fusion Middleware 11.1.1.7.0, 11.1.1.9.0, and 12.2.1.0.0 allows remote authenticated users to affect confidentiality via unknown vectors.

CVSS 3.0
7.7 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS
13.95% probability · 97th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · first 20 October 2016
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-200
Affected
oracle/business intelligence publisher
Source
secalert_us@oracle.com
EPSS trend
0%8%15%21 September 2026: 11.96%22 September 2026: 13.95%4 November 2026: 13.95%21 September 20264 November 2026

EPSS moved from 12.0% on 21 September 2026 to 13.9% on 4 November 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.

Public exploits (1)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-40590source ↗Oracle BI Publisher 11.1.1.6.0/11.1.1.7.0/11.1.1.9.0/12.2.1.0.0 - XML External Entity Injectionxml · Jakub Palaczynskiwebapps20 October 2016no

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.