CVE-2025-30708

7.5 HIGH

📋 TL;DR

This vulnerability in Oracle E-Business Suite's User Management component allows unauthenticated attackers to access sensitive user data via HTTP. It affects Oracle E-Business Suite versions 12.2.4 through 12.2.14. Attackers can exploit this without credentials to view confidential information.

💻 Affected Systems

Products:
  • Oracle E-Business Suite
Versions: 12.2.4-12.2.14
Operating Systems: All platforms running Oracle E-Business Suite
Default Config Vulnerable: ⚠️ Yes
Notes: Affects the 'Search and Register Users' component specifically. All installations within the version range are vulnerable unless patched.

📦 What is this software?

⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact

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Worst Case

Complete compromise of all user management data including sensitive personal information, credentials, and access controls, potentially leading to identity theft or further system compromise.

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Likely Case

Unauthorized viewing of user data including names, contact information, roles, and potentially credentials, enabling reconnaissance for further attacks.

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If Mitigated

Limited data exposure if network segmentation and access controls prevent external access to vulnerable systems.

🌐 Internet-Facing: HIGH
🏢 Internal Only: MEDIUM

🎯 Exploit Status

Public PoC: ✅ No
Weaponized: UNKNOWN
Unauthenticated Exploit: ⚠️ Yes
Complexity: LOW

CVSS indicates low attack complexity and no authentication required. No public exploit code is known as of the advisory date.

🛠️ Fix & Mitigation

✅ Official Fix

Patch Version: Apply patches from Oracle Critical Patch Update April 2025

Vendor Advisory: https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2025.html

Restart Required: Yes

Instructions:

1. Download appropriate patches from Oracle Support. 2. Apply patches following Oracle E-Business Suite patching procedures. 3. Restart affected services. 4. Test functionality.

🔧 Temporary Workarounds

Network Segmentation

linux

Restrict network access to Oracle E-Business Suite to trusted IP addresses only

iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 80 -s trusted_ip -j ACCEPT
iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 443 -s trusted_ip -j ACCEPT
iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 80 -j DROP
iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 443 -j DROP

Web Application Firewall

all

Deploy WAF rules to block suspicious requests to user management endpoints

🧯 If You Can't Patch

  • Implement strict network access controls to limit exposure to trusted networks only
  • Monitor user management component logs for unauthorized access attempts

🔍 How to Verify

Check if Vulnerable:

Check Oracle E-Business Suite version via application interface or database query: SELECT RELEASE_NAME FROM FND_PRODUCT_GROUPS

Check Version:

SELECT RELEASE_NAME FROM FND_PRODUCT_GROUPS

Verify Fix Applied:

Verify patch application via Oracle OPatch utility: opatch lsinventory | grep -i 'patch_number'

📡 Detection & Monitoring

Log Indicators:

  • Unusual access patterns to user search endpoints
  • Unauthenticated requests to /OA_HTML/userManagement or similar paths
  • Multiple failed authentication attempts followed by successful data access

Network Indicators:

  • HTTP requests to user management endpoints from untrusted sources
  • Unusual data volume from user search queries

SIEM Query:

source="oracle_ebs" AND (uri_path="/OA_HTML/userManagement*" OR uri_path="/oracle/apps/fnd/user*" OR event_description="User search") AND src_ip NOT IN (trusted_ips)

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