HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2004-1362

Application Server vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
9.0%
EPSS pct
95th
Exploited
No known
The PL/SQL module for the Oracle HTTP Server in Oracle Application Server 10g, when using the WE8ISO8859P1 character set, does not perform character conversions properly, which allows remote attackers to bypass access restrictions for certain procedures via an encoded URL with "%FF" encoded sequences that are improperly converted to "Y" characters.
Affected vendor
Oracle
Affected product
Application Server
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published
2004-08-04

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 9.0% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 95% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2004-1362

  • Confirm whether Oracle Application Server is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2004-1362.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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