Introduction - Real-World Impact and Significance
Unauthorized modification and access to business-critical data in Oracle Product Hub can directly disrupt supply chain, product management, and compliance operations. Organizations relying on Oracle E-Business Suite for core business processes face significant risks if attackers exploit this vulnerability to alter or exfiltrate sensitive product information.
About Oracle E-Business Suite and Product Hub: Oracle is one of the largest enterprise software vendors globally, with its E-Business Suite (EBS) deployed by thousands of organizations across industries. The Product Hub module is central to managing product data, catalogs, and related business logic, making it a high-value target for attackers seeking access to operational data.
Technical Information
CVE-2025-53043 is a vulnerability in the Item Catalog component of Oracle Product Hub within E-Business Suite. Supported and affected versions are 12.2.3 through 12.2.14. The vulnerability allows a low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to:
- Create, delete, or modify critical Product Hub data
- Access all data available through Product Hub endpoints without proper authorization
Technical Details:
- Attack vector: HTTP network access
- Privilege required: Low (does not require full admin rights)
- User interaction: None
- Scope: Unchanged
- Impact: High on confidentiality and integrity, none on availability
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 8.1
- CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
No public exploit code or vulnerable code snippets are available. The root cause is not detailed in public sources, but the vulnerability is classified as easily exploitable, suggesting insufficient authorization checks or improper access control in the Item Catalog component.
Affected Systems and Versions
- Product: Oracle Product Hub (E-Business Suite)
- Component: Item Catalog
- Affected versions: 12.2.3, 12.2.4, 12.2.5, 12.2.6, 12.2.7, 12.2.8, 12.2.9, 12.2.10, 12.2.11, 12.2.12, 12.2.13, 12.2.14
- Only supported versions in this range are affected
- All configurations exposing Product Hub endpoints to HTTP network access are at risk
Vendor Security History
Oracle E-Business Suite has a history of critical vulnerabilities, including issues in Product Hub and related modules. Oracle typically releases quarterly Critical Patch Updates and issues out-of-cycle advisories for high-impact vulnerabilities. Their response is generally prompt, but the complexity of EBS environments can slow patch adoption in enterprise settings.