LiveActive security incident?Get immediate response
CVE Record

CVE-2020-2836: Vulnerability in the Oracle Marketing product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: Marketing Administrati...

Vulnerability in the Oracle Marketing product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: Marketing Administration). Supported versions that are affected are 12.1.1-12.1.3. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Marketing. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker and while the vulnerability is in Oracle Marketing, attacks may significantly impact additional products. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle Marketing accessible data as well as unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle Marketing accessible data. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 8.2 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N).

HighCVSS 8.2Not KEV-listedUpdated
Discuss exposureBack to CVEs
Glexia's TakeAutomated analysishigh

Security readout for executives and security teams

Plain-English summary

This is a high-severity Oracle E-Business Suite issue in Oracle Marketing. An unauthenticated attacker with HTTP network access could compromise Marketing if a separate user interaction occurs, potentially exposing critical data and allowing limited data changes.

Executive priority

Treat as priority remediation for any exposed or business-critical Oracle Marketing deployment. The main business risk is unauthorized access to critical marketing data, with some ability to alter records.

Technical view

CVE-2020-2836 affects Oracle Marketing, Marketing Administration, in Oracle E-Business Suite versions 12.1.1 through 12.1.3. The CVSS 3.0 score is 8.2 with network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, required user interaction, changed scope, high confidentiality impact, and low integrity impact.

Likely exposure

Exposure is most likely in organizations still running Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1.1-12.1.3 with Oracle Marketing enabled and reachable over HTTP. The source bundle does not identify other affected versions or products.

Exploitation context

The CVE describes easy network exploitation over HTTP without attacker authentication, but requiring human interaction by someone else. The bundle does not cite active exploitation, public exploit availability, or CISA KEV listing.

Researcher notes

Key constraints are HTTP network reachability and required victim interaction. Scope is changed, so impact may extend beyond the vulnerable Marketing component, but the source bundle does not provide exploit mechanics or affected downstream products.

Mitigation direction

  • Review Oracle's April 2020 Critical Patch Update guidance for the applicable E-Business Suite fix.
  • Confirm affected Oracle Marketing versions are patched or upgraded according to Oracle guidance.
  • Restrict HTTP access to Oracle Marketing to trusted networks where business operations allow.
  • Reduce unnecessary exposure of legacy E-Business Suite interfaces.
  • Monitor Oracle advisories for any later superseding patch guidance.

Validation and detection

  • Inventory Oracle E-Business Suite instances and confirm whether Oracle Marketing is deployed.
  • Verify whether versions 12.1.1, 12.1.2, or 12.1.3 are present.
  • Check patch records against Oracle's April 2020 Critical Patch Update.
  • Confirm HTTP access paths to Oracle Marketing are limited and documented.
  • Review relevant application logs for unusual Marketing Administration activity.
Prepared
Confidence
high
Sources
3

Public sources used

Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.

Potential ATT&CK relevance

Conservative CVE-to-ATT&CK context

These mappings and lookup hints may be relevant to the vulnerability behavior, CWE, affected product, or exposure path. Glexia-inferred context is not an official MITRE, ATT&CK, CWE, or CVE Program mapping.

ATT&CK lookup starting points

Use these exact CWE pages and searches to review the Glexia ATT&CK library from this CVE's weakness and description context.

cve · low confidence lookup

CVE-2020-2836 mapping review

Open the CVE-to-ATT&CK bridge for reviewed, inferred, or future official mappings tied to this CVE.

Open ATT&CK lookup
Vulnerability profileCVE Program record
Severity
High
CVSS
8.2 (3.0)
Known Exploited
No
Published

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

Official CVE source material

CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5

These fields come from the CVE record and ADP containers, not from Glexia's Take. They preserve time-varying source decisions such as CISA SSVC, KEV status, CVSS metrics, and provider references.

1CVSS vectors
0Timeline events
0ADP providers
2Source links

CVSS vector scores

1 official score

We collect every scored CVSS vector available in the official CNA and ADP containers. When more than one version is present, the table keeps the source vectors side by side instead of collapsing them into the highest score.

ScoreVersionSeverityVectorExploitImpactSource
8.2CVSS 3.0HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N2.84.7Primary CVE score

Vulnerability scoring details

Base CVSS 3.0 score

8.2High
CVSS 3.0 vector shape for CVE-2020-2836Attack VectorAttack ComplexityPrivileges RequiredUser InteractionScopeConfidentiality ImpactIntegrity ImpactAvailability Impact

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

Attack Vector
NetworkAdjacentLocalPhysical
Attack Complexity
LowHigh
Privileges Required
NoneLowHigh
User Interaction
NoneRequired
Scope
ChangedUnchanged
Confidentiality Impact
HighLowNone
Integrity Impact
HighLowNone
Availability Impact
HighLowNone

Source materials

Affected products

Products and packages named in the record

VendorProductVersion / packageStatus
Oracle CorporationMarketing12.1.1-12.1.3Listed
Weakness

CWE details

No CWE listed

CWE links open Glexia weakness intelligence pages with official CWE context, developer remediation guidance, and related CVE mappings.