Oracle E-Business Suite (January 2026 CPU)

high Nessus Plugin ID 297813

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Synopsis

The remote host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities

Description

The versions of Oracle E-Business Suite installed on the remote host are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the January 2026 CPU advisory.

- Vulnerability in the Oracle Field Service product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: HTML Dispatch Center (Apache Commons BeanUtils)). Supported versions that are affected are 12.2.3-12.2.15. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Field Service. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle Field Service.
Vulnerability in the Oracle Human Resources product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: iRecruitment (Apache Commons BeanUtils)). Supported versions that are affected are 12.2.3-12.2.15. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Human Resources. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle Human Resources.
Vulnerability in the Oracle Succession planning product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: Suitability Analyzer (Apache Commons BeanUtils)). Supported versions that are affected are 12.2.3-12.2.15. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Succession planning. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle Succession planning. Vulnerability in the Oracle Time and Labor product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: Core (Apache Commons BeanUtils)). Supported versions that are affected are 12.2.3-12.2.15. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Time and Labor. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle Time and Labor.
(CVE-2025-48734)

- Vulnerability in the Oracle Applications DBA product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: Java utils).
Supported versions that are affected are 12.2.3-12.2.15. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Applications DBA. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all Oracle Applications DBA accessible data as well as unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle Applications DBA accessible data. (CVE-2026-21960)

- Vulnerability in the Oracle Scripting product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: Scripting Admin).
Supported versions that are affected are 12.2.3-12.2.15. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Scripting. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker and while the vulnerability is in Oracle Scripting, attacks may significantly impact additional products (scope change). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle Scripting accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle Scripting accessible data.
(CVE-2026-21943)

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

Solution

Apply the appropriate patch according to the January 2026 Oracle Critical Patch Update advisory.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 297813

File Name: oracle_e-business_cpu_jan_2026.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: remote

Family: Misc.

Published: 2/4/2026

Updated: 2/4/2026

Configuration: Enable thorough checks (optional)

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-48734

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:oracle:e-business_suite

Required KB Items: Oracle/E-Business/Version, Oracle/E-Business/patches/installed

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/20/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/20/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-48734, CVE-2026-21943, CVE-2026-21959, CVE-2026-21960, CVE-2026-21972

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