Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability · CVE-2019-2616

Oracle BI Publisher Unauthorized Access Vulnerability

Published Apr 23, 2019 · catalog updated Jun 16, 2026 · Oracle BI Publisher

Patch now

CVE-2019-2616 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Apr 15, 2022. Confirm Oracle BI Publisher against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Severity
High7.2
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
92.18%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
cpe oracle/business intelligence publisher · vendor Oracle BI Publisher · vendor Oracle BI Publisher (Formerly XML Publisher)

Vulnerability in the BI Publisher (formerly XML Publisher) component of Oracle Fusion Middleware (subcomponent: BI Publisher Security). Supported versions that are affected are 11.1.1.9.0, 12.2.1.3.0 and 12.2.1.4.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise BI Publisher (formerly XML Publisher). While the vulnerability is in BI Publisher (formerly XML Publisher), attacks may significantly impact additional products. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of BI Publisher (formerly XML Publisher) accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of BI Publisher (formerly XML Publisher) accessible data. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 7.2 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N).

Are you affected?

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  • cpe oracle/business intelligence publisher11.1.1.9.0
  • cpe oracle/business intelligence publisher12.2.1.3.0
  • cpe oracle/business intelligence publisher12.2.1.4.0
  • vendor Oracle BI Publisherversion unspecified
  • vendor Oracle BI Publisher (Formerly XML Publisher)version unspecified

How to fix CVE-2019-2616

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2019-2616 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Apr 15, 2022. Confirm Oracle BI Publisher against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with oracle/business intelligence publisher 11.1.1.9.0; oracle/business intelligence publisher 12.2.1.3.0; oracle/business intelligence publisher 12.2.1.4.0. Apply updates per vendor instructions.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 92.18%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. A public exploit reference is linked in Sources. That is not the same as confirmed exploitation. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Apr 23, 2019 · Catalog

    Detected

    Vulnerability in the BI Publisher (formerly XML Publisher) component of Oracle Fusion Middleware (subcomponent: BI Publisher Security). Supported versions that are affected are 11.1.1.9.0, 12.2.1.3.0 and 12.2.1.4.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise BI Publisher (formerly XML Publisher). While the vulnerability is in BI Publ

  2. Mar 25, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  3. Apr 15, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Remediation due

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  4. Jun 16, 2026 · Catalog

    Updated

    Vulnerability in the BI Publisher (formerly XML Publisher) component of Oracle Fusion Middleware (subcomponent: BI Publisher Security). Supported versions that are affected are 11.1.1.9.0, 12.2.1.3.0 and 12.2.1.4.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise BI Publisher (formerly XML Publisher). While the vulnerability is in BI Publ

Sources

  • CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2019-2616

    Oracle BI Publisher, formerly XML Publisher, contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows for various unauthorized actions. Open-source reporting attributes this vulnerability to allowing for authentication bypass.

    cisa.gov
  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2019-2616

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2019-2616

    30-day exploitation probability 92.2%

    first.org
  • Exploit DatabasePublic exploit reference46729

    Public archive entry. The exploit body is not stored here.

    exploit-db.com
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2019-2616

    Vulnerability in the BI Publisher (formerly XML Publisher) component of Oracle Fusion Middleware (subcomponent: BI Publisher Security). Supported versions that are affected are 11.1.1.9.0, 12.2.1.3.0 and 12.2.1.4.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker

    nvd.nist.gov
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2019-2616

    Oracle BI Publisher, formerly XML Publisher, contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows for various unauthorized actions. Open-source reporting attributes this vulnerability to allowing for authentication bypass.

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.