Oracle HRMS up to 12.2.15 UK Payroll privilege escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Oracle HRMS up to 12.2.15. This affects an unknown part of the component UK Payroll. Such manipulation leads to privilege escalation. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2026-46953. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Oracle HRMS up to 12.2.15. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component UK Payroll. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privilege escalation vulnerability. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Vulnerability in the Oracle HRMS (UK) product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: UK Payroll). 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 HRMS (UK). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle HRMS (UK). CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.2 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

The advisory is shared for download at oracle.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-46953 since 05/18/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploitation requires an enhanced level of successful authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 06/17/2026).

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.2
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.1

VulDB Base Score: 7.2
VulDB Temp Score: 6.9
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CNA Base Score: 7.2
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privilege escalation
CWE: Unknown
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

05/18/2026 CVE reserved
06/17/2026 +30 days Advisory disclosed
06/17/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
06/17/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: oracle.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-46953 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-46953
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-371780

Entryinfo

Created: 06/17/2026 06:51
Changes: 06/17/2026 06:51 (61)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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