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CVE-2019-2725

Oracle WebLogic Server, Injection

KEVEXPLOIT ×2 ✓CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 100.0%

Does this matter?

Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 10 July 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.

Description

Vulnerability in the Oracle WebLogic Server component of Oracle Fusion Middleware (subcomponent: Web Services). Supported versions that are affected are 10.3.6.0.0 and 12.1.3.0.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle WebLogic Server. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle WebLogic Server. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 9.8 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

CVSS 3.1
9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
99.98% probability · 100th percentile
Public exploits
2 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 30 April 2019
CISA KEV
Listed 10 January 2022 · due 10 July 2022 · used in ransomware campaigns
Weakness
CWE-74
Affected
oracle/agile product lifecycle management · oracle/communications converged application server · oracle/peoplesoft enterprise peopletools · oracle/storagetek tape analytics sw tool · oracle/tape library acsls · oracle/tape virtual storage manager gui · oracle/vm virtualbox · oracle/weblogic server
Source
secalert_us@oracle.com
EPSS trend
0%50%100%26 October 2026: 99.98%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 100.0% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

CISA notes

Apply updates per vendor instructions. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-2725

Public exploits (2)

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-46814source ↗Oracle Weblogic Server - 'AsyncResponseService' Deserialization Remote Code Execution (Metasploit)multiple · Metasploitremote8 May 2019yes
EDB-46780source ↗Oracle Weblogic 10.3.6.0.0 / 12.1.3.0.0 - Remote Code Executionwindows · Avinash Kumar Thapawebapps30 April 2019no

References

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