Oracle Web Services Manager vulnerability

What happened

Vulnerability in the Oracle Web Services Manager product of Oracle Fusion Middleware (component: Web Services Security). Supported versions that are affected are 12.2.1.4.0 and 14.1.2.0.0. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via SOAP to compromise Oracle Web Services Manager. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle Web Services Manager accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle Web Services Manager. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.4 (Confidentiality and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H).

Affected versions

Oracle Web Services Manager: 12.2.1.4.0 (semver); 14.1.2.0.0 (semver) Fixed: See vendor advisory.

Why it matters

Review the vendor advisory and exposure of the affected product to determine operational impact.

Detection & mitigation

• Apply vendor-provided updates or mitigations.
• Review affected product exposure and access logs.