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CVE-2020-2551

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CVE-2020-2551

Vulnerability in the Oracle WebLogic Server product of Oracle Fusion Middleware (component: WLS Core Components). Supported versions that are affected are 10.3.6.0.0, 12.1.3.0.0, 12.2.1.3.0 and 12.2.1.4.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via IIOP to compromise Oracle WebLogic Server. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle WebLogic Server. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 9.8 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

CVSS 9.8 · CriticalBuzz score 42.5KEV listed

Buzz score

Why this CVE is surfacing

Buzz score total 42.5

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Buzz score components · mention 11.0 · diversity 6.5 · KEV 25.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0

Mention score

11.0

2 evidence mentions in the snapshot

Diversity score

6.5

2 sources across 1 categories

KEV score

25.0

Known exploited vulnerability present

OTX score

0.0

0 OTX pulses

PoC score

0.0

0 repos · best confidence N/A

Best PoC traction

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Why it matters now

Mention timeline

Total mentions: 0; within the 30d window
Peak daily: 0; highest bucket

Evidence

Source links by recency

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2 source links · newest first

Sophos Web Appliance vulnerability exploited in the wild (CVE-2023-1671)Help Net Security
CISA has added three vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, among them a critical vulnerability (CVE-2023-1671) in Sophos Web Appliance that has been patched by the company in April 2023. About CVE-2023-1671 CVE-2023-1671 is a pre-auth command injection vulnerability in the warn-proceed handler of Sophos Web Appliance that allows attackers to execute arbitrary code. Sophos Web Appliance is a web gateway appliance that functions as a web proxy and scans potentially harmful content for … More →
newswww.helpnetsecurity.comNov 20, 2023, 11:43 AM
CISA Warns of Attacks Exploiting Sophos Web Appliance VulnerabilitySecurityWeek
CISA adds Sophos, Oracle and Microsoft product security holes to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.
newswww.securityweek.comNov 17, 2023, 12:13 PM

Exploit code

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External lookup

Potential internet exposure

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Metadata

Canonical fields

NVD status

Unavailable

Published

Jan 15, 2020

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Official record

Authoritative NVD record

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE IDs

Unavailable

Vendor classifications

How this vector reads

CVSS 3.1 base metrics decoded below. This explanation does not recalculate or change the NVD score.

Attack Vector (AV): Network. The vulnerable system can be reached across network boundaries.
Attack Complexity (AC): Low. No special conditions beyond the attacker-controlled steps are required.
Privileges Required (PR): None. The attacker needs no privileges on the vulnerable system.
User Interaction (UI): None. Exploitation does not require another user to act.
Scope (S): Unchanged. Impacts remain within the vulnerable security authority.
Confidentiality Impact (C): High. There is a total or serious impact to this security property.
Integrity Impact (I): High. There is a total or serious impact to this security property.
Availability Impact (A): High. There is a total or serious impact to this security property.

Signals

Exploitation indicators

1 stored signals · KEV present · 0 OTX pulses

KEVKEV
- cwes:
- dueDate: 2023-12-07
- knownRansomwareCampaignUse: Unknown
- notes: https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-2551
- product: Fusion Middleware
- requiredAction: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
- shortDescription: Oracle Fusion Middleware contains an unspecified vulnerability in the WLS Core Components that allows an unauthenticated attacker with network access via IIOP to compromise the WebLogic Server.
- vendorProject: Oracle
- vulnerabilityName: Oracle Fusion Middleware Unspecified Vulnerability
Observed Nov 16, 2023, 12:00 AM