CVE-2026-61325 in Advanced Benefits
Summary
by MITRE • 07/22/2026
Vulnerability in the Oracle Advanced Benefits product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: Internal Operations). The supported version that is affected is 12.2.15. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Advanced Benefits. While the vulnerability is in Oracle Advanced Benefits, attacks may significantly impact additional products (scope change). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle Advanced Benefits accessible data as well as unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle Advanced Benefits accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.6 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N).
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Analysis
by VulDB Data Team • 07/22/2026
This vulnerability resides within Oracle Advanced Benefits, a component of the Oracle E-Business Suite operating at version 12.2.15. The flaw represents a significant security weakness that can be exploited by adversaries with high privileges and network connectivity through HTTP protocols. The vulnerability's exploitability is categorized as easily exploitable, indicating that malicious actors require minimal effort to leverage this weakness effectively. Security researchers categorize this issue under the Common Weakness Enumeration framework as a privilege escalation vulnerability, specifically related to insufficient authorization mechanisms within web-based interfaces.
The technical nature of this flaw stems from inadequate access controls within Oracle Advanced Benefits' internal operations module, allowing attackers with elevated privileges to bypass normal security restrictions. When exploited, the vulnerability can enable unauthorized access to sensitive data within the Oracle Advanced Benefits environment, potentially compromising all accessible information and granting complete read access to critical database elements. Additionally, successful exploitation permits unauthorized modification capabilities including update, insert, and delete operations against specific Oracle Advanced Benefits data sets, creating substantial risk for data integrity compromise.
The operational impact of this vulnerability extends beyond the immediate Oracle Advanced Benefits component due to the scope change aspect mentioned in the advisory. This characteristic indicates that attacks targeting this weakness can potentially affect additional Oracle products within the broader E-Business Suite ecosystem, creating cascading security implications across multiple modules. The CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.6 reflects the severity of the threat, with high confidentiality impact and low integrity impact, suggesting that data theft represents the primary concern while modification capabilities remain limited to specific data subsets. The attack vector requires network access via HTTP protocols, indicating that the vulnerability can be exploited remotely without requiring physical system access.
Organizations should implement immediate mitigations including comprehensive network segmentation to restrict unauthorized access to Oracle Advanced Benefits components, deployment of web application firewalls to monitor and filter HTTP traffic, and implementation of principle of least privilege access controls. The vulnerability's classification under ATT&CK framework aligns with privilege escalation techniques where adversaries leverage existing elevated permissions to gain broader system access. Security teams should also conduct thorough access control reviews and implement regular vulnerability assessments specifically targeting Oracle E-Business Suite components to identify similar weaknesses that could be exploited for lateral movement within enterprise environments. Additionally, the scope change characteristic necessitates coordinated remediation across all affected Oracle products within the suite to prevent attackers from using this weakness as a stepping stone to compromise additional systems.