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CVE-2017-3506
· EUVD no mirror located
· GCVE no mirror located
Verified 2026-06-22
Oracle WebLogic Server vulnerability
Oracle WebLogic Server contains an OS command injection vulnerability allowing arbitrary code execution through specially crafted HTTP requests with malicious XML documents.
Verdict
Today item — known-exploited.
This OS command injection vulnerability in WebLogic Server enables unauthenticated remote code execution. The high EPSS score and active exploitation in the wild indicate significant risk to exposed instances.
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Is it exploitable?
— the evidence, ranked above the scoreExploit available
Fully weaponized — public exploit code is cataloged for this vulnerability.We link the existence of the exploit; we do not host or redistribute payloads.
Reported exploitation
11 independent public reports of in-the-wild exploitation are cataloged.Distinct reporting sources (vendor, incident response, government); open them for the underlying claims.
Exploited in the wild
Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2024-06-03).
Probability (EPSS)
EPSS 0.96015 — modeled likelihood of exploitation activity.EPSS is a daily-changing model output — open the source for today's value.
Severity / affected
Affected: Oracle, WebLogic Server. Confirm exact fixed builds in the vendor advisory.
Weakness (CWE)
Mapped to CWE-78 OS Command Injection — weakness family: Injection.CWE assignment from the public NVD record; the weakness class drives how the flaw is exploited.
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Who’s exploiting it?
— attribution turns risk into urgencyAttribution not established
No confirmed (advisory-backed) threat-actor attribution is established for this record. Absence of a named actor is not absence of compromise — see Coverage & confidence.
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Why it matters
— the attack path, told twice: adversary, then board1
Front door — unauthenticated access narrative 1
Attacker
I craft an HTTP request containing a malicious XML document targeting the WebLogic Server endpoint.
Business
Exposed WebLogic instances become entry points for unauthorized access and system compromise.
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Keys to the kingdom — privilege/identity takeover narrative 2
Attacker
I inject OS commands through the XML parsing mechanism to execute arbitrary code on the server.
Business
Attackers gain command execution privileges equivalent to the WebLogic process user account.
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Lateral reach — past segmentation narrative 3
Attacker
I establish persistence and move laterally within the network from the compromised server.
Business
Internal systems and data repositories become vulnerable to further exploitation and data exfiltration.
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What to do
— defensible action- Remediate per the vendor advisory — confirm the fixed build for your version and verify exposure.1
Say it to the boardA vulnerability with this evidence profile is a defensible budget line, not a backlog ticket — fund the change against the proof above.
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