Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
Network HTTP reach with low complexity and a required low-privilege EBS account gives AV:N/AC:L/PR:L; full data read is C:H, partial writes I:L, no availability impact A:N.
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CVSS VectorVendor: oracle
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Vulnerability in the Oracle Compensation Workbench product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: Compensation Workbench). Supported versions that are affected are 12.2.3-12.2.15. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Compensation Workbench. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle Compensation Workbench accessible data as well as unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle Compensation Workbench accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.1 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N).
AnalysisAI
Sensitive data exposure in Oracle Compensation Workbench (Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2.3 through 12.2.15) lets a low-privileged, network-authenticated attacker read all data accessible to the component and perform limited unauthorized inserts, updates, or deletes over HTTP. Rated CVSS 7.1 (C:H/I:L/A:N), it was disclosed in the Oracle July 2026 Critical Patch Update. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and it is not on CISA KEV, though EBS is a high-value target and Oracle CPU flaws have historically drawn attacker interest.
Technical ContextAI
Compensation Workbench is a module of Oracle E-Business Suite's Human Resources / Advanced Benefits (HRMS) stack, used by enterprises to administer salary, bonus, and stock compensation cycles. It is delivered through the EBS web tier (Oracle Application Framework / Forms served over HTTP/S via Oracle HTTP Server and WebLogic), so the exposed surface is the authenticated EBS self-service/professional UI rather than the database directly. No CWE was assigned by NVD, but the described impact - an authenticated user reaching data beyond their authorization and making limited writes - is consistent with a broken access control / improper authorization weakness (CWE-284/CWE-863 class); the vendor-supplied 'Authentication Bypass' tag more precisely reads as an authorization/privilege boundary bypass given the CVSS PR:L requirement. The affected code is common to the entire 12.2.x line (12.2.3-12.2.15).
RemediationAI
Apply the fixes from the Oracle July 2026 Critical Patch Update (https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2026.html) - Patch available per vendor advisory; Oracle ships these as cumulative EBS 12.2.x patch bundles, so apply the CPU patch level appropriate to your 12.2.3-12.2.15 install rather than a standalone version number (no discrete fixed component version was published in the source data, so confirm the exact patch ID in the CPU matrix). Because exploitation requires an authenticated low-privilege account, compensating controls until patching include restricting network access to the EBS web tier (place it behind VPN/reverse proxy and remove any direct internet exposure of the Compensation Workbench/self-service URLs), tightening EBS responsibility and function-security grants so ordinary users cannot reach Compensation Workbench menus, enforcing strong authentication and reviewing/pruning dormant low-privilege accounts, and increasing audit logging on compensation data access to detect anomalous reads or writes. The access-restriction controls may disrupt legitimate remote HR/self-service users, so scope them to non-privileged paths; none of these substitute for the CPU patch, which is the only true fix.
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EUVD-2026-47112
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