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Oracle Corporation WebLogic Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Oracle · WebLogic Server

CVSS 7.5 EPSS 100% 4 public exploits ransomware Fix deadline passed 10 August 2022

What it is

Oracle Corporation WebLogic Server contains a vulnerability that allows for remote code execution.

Why we say that

  • Linked by CISA to known ransomware campaigns
  • EPSS puts exploitation in the next 30 days at 100%
  • 4 public exploits published
  • CISA's federal remediation deadline (2022-08-10) has passed
  • Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue

Every line above comes from a named public source. Where the evidence is thin, we say so rather than inventing confidence — see methodology.

What to do

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Public exploit code

Indexed from Exploit-DB. Presence of code raises urgency; absence does not mean safety.

What it costs when this goes wrong

This is where UK enforcement meets the vulnerability record. This vulnerability is used in ransomware campaigns; here is what ransomware has cost UK organisations at the regulator.

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