CVE-2025-61884
SSRF in Oracle Configurator 12.2.3 – 12.2.14
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NSummary
CVE-2025-61884 is a high-severity Path Traversal (CWE-22) vulnerability in Oracle Configurator. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique External Remote Services (T1133); ranked in the top 0.1% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; CISA has added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to AC-3 (Access Enforcement) and AC-4 (Information Flow Enforcement) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary
Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.
CVE-2025-61884 is a vulnerability in the Oracle Configurator product of Oracle E-Business Suite, specifically affecting the Runtime UI component. Supported versions 12.2.3 through 12.2.14 are impacted. It carries a CVSS 3.1 Base Score of 7.5 (vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N), with Confidentiality impacts rated High. The issue is associated with multiple CWE identifiers, including CWE-22 (Path Traversal), CWE-93 (Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences), CWE-287 (Improper Authentication), CWE-444 (Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests), CWE-501 (Trust Boundary Violation), and CWE-918 (Server-Side Request Forgery).
The vulnerability is easily exploitable by an unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP, allowing them to compromise the Oracle Configurator. Successful exploitation results in unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all data accessible by Oracle Configurator.
Oracle advisories, including the security alert for CVE-2025-61884 and the July 2025 Critical Patch Update blog post, recommend applying the latest patches to mitigate the issue. Additional references include analysis from Watchtowr Labs on related Oracle E-Business Suite vulnerabilities and listing in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
This vulnerability appears in the context of broader Oracle E-Business Suite issues, with CISA confirming active exploitation in the wild.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-33878
Vulnerability Data
Vulnerability in the Oracle Configurator product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: Runtime UI). 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 Configurator. Successful attacks of this vulnerability…
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can result in unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle Configurator accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.5 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N).
- CWE(s)
- KEV Date Added
- 20 October 2025
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Mitigating Controls
Control response
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- 8 hardening rules · 5 OS baselines
V4.1.3V4.2.4V5.3.2V6.4.4
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Mandates unique identification and authentication of organizational users before access, directly stopping improper authentication.
Requires unique identification and authentication of devices before establishing connections, preventing unauthenticated device claims.
Mandates unique identification and authentication of non-organizational users, directly addressing the weakness for external actors.
Enforces the intended directory access authorizations that path traversal would otherwise bypass.
Information flow enforcement directly stops trusted and untrusted data from being combined by applying rules that govern allowable data movements and combinations.
Manages authenticators with verification and secure distribution, reducing opportunities for improper authentication.
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
PR.AA-03 directly enforces authentication mechanisms that eliminate most improper-authentication defects, yet CWE-287 spans additional vectors (missing checks, flawed protocols, session handling) that one control does not fully close.
PR.AA-04 directly enables verification of identity assertions (mostly preventing CWE-287 in that scope) yet leaves many other authentication failure modes unaddressed (only partial prevention overall).
Configuration management can enforce uniform HTTP parsing rules across intermediaries, directly mitigating inconsistent interpretation.
Secure SDLC practices directly require input neutralization and validation to block CRLF injection.
Network monitoring can detect smuggling attempts via anomalous HTTP traffic or logs, while eliminating the inconsistency directly aids detection of such events.
Runtime monitoring of web applications and services can detect anomalous outbound requests indicative of SSRF.
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Requiring authentication methods whose strength matches the sensitivity of the data and mandating multi-factor authentication directly blocks attempts to access resources without proving identity.
Verifying user identity before issuing replacement credentials and forcing changes after compromise reduces the likelihood that authentication bypass can be achieved through stolen or weak credentials.
Secure architecture principles require explicit trust zones and data segregation, mitigating mixing of trusted/untrusted data.
Secure coding standards can enforce input validation and data tagging, but do not guarantee architectural separation.
Security testing in development catches path traversal via static/dynamic analysis.
Mandating segregated approval and oversight for non-human identities reduces the chance that weak or orphaned credentials can be exploited for unauthorized authentication.
Hardening callouts derived
Configuration rules from DISA STIG baselines that bear on weaknesses of the type cited by this CVE. Each rule is shown with the relationship its mapping actually records, against the CWE it was authored against. Derived via CVE→CWE over `controls_xwalks` (authoritative rows only; rows rated `none` are excluded).
Oracle Linux 8 (1 rule)
- V-248827 OL 8 must not have the rsh-server package installed. prevents CWE-287
RHEL 7 (3 rules)
- V-204425 The Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system must be configured so that the SSH daemon does not allow authentication using an empty password. prevents CWE-287
- V-204442 The Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system must not have the rsh-server package installed. prevents CWE-287
- V-204424 The Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system must not allow accounts configured with blank or null passwords. prevents CWE-287
RHEL 8 (1 rule)
- V-230492 RHEL 8 must not have the rsh-server package installed. prevents CWE-287
Ubuntu 22.04 (1 rule)
- V-260470 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, when booted, must require authentication upon booting into single-user and maintenance modes. prevents CWE-287
Ubuntu 24.04 (2 rules)
- V-270675 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS when booted must require authentication upon booting into single-user and maintenance modes. prevents CWE-287
- V-270714 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS must not allow accounts configured in Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) with blank or null passwords. prevents CWE-287