What is CVE-2020-14572?

CVE-2020-14572 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oracle Weblogic Server, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2020-07-15.

How severe is CVE-2020-14572?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2020-14572 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Oracle Weblogic Server

CVE-2020-14572

Vulnerability in the Oracle WebLogic Server product of Oracle Fusion Middleware (component: Console). 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 HTTP to compromise Oracle WebLogic Server. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker and while the vulnerability is in Oracle WebLogic Server, attacks may significantly impact additional products. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle WebLogic Server accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle WebLogic Server accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.1 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N).

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2020-07-15 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (63.9th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 64th percentile — 63.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Oracle Weblogic Server — versions 10.3.6.0.0, 12.1.3.0.0, 12.2.1.3.0
Oracle Corporation Weblogic Server — versions 10.3.6.0.0, 12.1.3.0.0, 12.2.1.3.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-14572?: CVE-2020-14572 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oracle Weblogic Server, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2020-07-15.
How severe is CVE-2020-14572?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-14572 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.