Oracle WebCenter Portal (October 2025 CPU)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 271206

Synopsis

The remote host is affected by a vulnerability

Description

The 12.2.1.4.0 versions of WebCenter Portal installed on the remote host are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the October 2025 CPU advisory.

- Vulnerability in the Oracle WebCenter Portal product of Oracle Fusion Middleware (component: Portal, Analytics and REST (Apache Commons Lang)). The supported version that is affected is 12.2.1.4.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle WebCenter Portal. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Oracle WebCenter Portal. (CVE-2025-48924)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Apply the appropriate patch according to the October 2025 Oracle Critical Patch Update advisory.

See Also

https://www.oracle.com/docs/tech/security-alerts/cpuoct2025csaf.json

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2025.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 271206

File Name: oracle_webcenter_portal_cpu_oct_2025.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: windows, macosx, unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 10/22/2025

Updated: 10/22/2025

Configuration: Enable thorough checks (optional)

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-48924

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:oracle:fusion_middleware, cpe:/a:oracle:webcenter_portal

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Oracle WebCenter Portal

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/21/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/21/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-48924