# CVE-2025-61882: Oracle E-Business Suite - RCE

> Live exploitation tracking for CVE-2025-61882 by the CrowdSec Live Exploit Tracker, built from real-world attack data crowdsourced from CrowdSec's global network.

Page: https://tracker.crowdsec.net/cves/CVE-2025-61882

## Key facts

- **Exploitation phase:** Background Noise. Continuous low-level scanning or exploitation attempts are observed, mostly opportunistic and automated.
- **CVSS score:** 9.8
- **Public exploit available:** Yes
- **Affected products:** Oracle E-Business Suite
- **Weaknesses:** CWE-91 (XML Injection (aka Blind XPath Injection)); CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')); CWE-611 (Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference); CWE-444 (Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests ('HTTP Request/Response Smuggling')); CWE-918 (Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)); CWE-93 (Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences ('CRLF Injection'))
- **Tags:** enterprise_software

## Description

Vulnerability in the Oracle Concurrent Processing product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: BI Publisher Integration).  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 Concurrent Processing.  Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle Concurrent Processing. 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).

## CrowdSec analysis

[CVE-2025-61882](https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/CVE-2025-61882) is a critical vulnerability in the BI Publisher Integration component of Oracle Concurrent Processing within Oracle E-Business Suite versions 12.2.3 through 12.2.14. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers with network access via HTTP to easily compromise the affected system, potentially resulting in a complete takeover. Exploitation could lead to severe impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, making it a prime target for remote attacks.

CrowdSec has been tracking this vulnerability and its exploits since 9th of October 2025.

According to CrowdSec data, while opportunistic exploitation dominates, a portion of threat actors trying to exploit CVE-2025-61882 apply basic targeting methods such as port or service detection. This indicates emerging patterns of selective targeting.
Telemetry from the CrowdSec network also shows that exploitation activity for CVE-2025-61882 remains steady week-over-week. Attack volumes are consistent with long-term trends, indicating sustained interest from threat actors. CVE-2025-61882 continues to be an active part of the threat landscape and will likely remain this way for the forseeable future.

Attackers exploit Oracle E-Business Suite by sending crafted requests to endpoints such as `/OA_HTML/help/../ieshostedsurvey.jsp` and `/OA_HTML/configurator/UiServlet`, enabling unauthenticated remote code execution and potential system compromise.

## Timeline

- 2025-10-05: CVE Published. CVE-2025-61882 is published to NVD.
- 2025-10-06: CISA KEV. CVE-2025-61882 is added to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog by CISA.
- 2025-10-09: Rule Released. CrowdSec releases a rule to detect CVE-2025-61882 exploitation attempts against the CrowdSec Network.
- 2025-10-09: CrowdSec First Seen. CrowdSec observes in-the-wild exploitation of CVE-2025-61882 for the first time.
- 2025-10-27: CISA Remediation Deadline. Expiration of the CISA remediation deadline as described in [BOD 22-01](https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/bod-22-01-reducing-significant-risk-known-exploited-vulnerabilities).

## References

- https://blogs.oracle.com/security/post/apply-july-2025-cpu
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/alert-cve-2025-61882.html
- https://labs.watchtowr.com/well-well-well-its-another-day-oracle-e-business-suite-pre-auth-rce-chain-cve-2025-61882well-well-well-its-another-day-oracle-e-business-suite-pre-auth-rce-chain-cve-2025-61882/
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2025/CVE-2025-61882.yaml

## Live exploitation data

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