What is CVE-2020-14864?

CVE-2020-14864 is a high-severity vulnerability in Oracle Business Intelligence, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-10-21.

How severe is CVE-2020-14864?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2020-14864 known to be exploited?

Yes. CVE-2020-14864 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-01-18), indicating it is being actively exploited. 13 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed.

Path Traversal in Oracle Business Intelligence

CVE-2020-14864

Vulnerability in the Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition product of Oracle Fusion Middleware (component: Installation). Supported versions that are affected are 5.5.0.0.0, 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 Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.5 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N).

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published 2020-10-21 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.972 (99.9th percentile), scored 2026-10-19.

Very high probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — among the top 0.1% most-likely-to-be-exploited CVEs. 100th percentile — 99.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.972 · newest: 0.972 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Oracle Business Intelligence — versions 5.5.0.0.0, 12.2.1.3.0, 12.2.1.4.0
Oracle Corporation Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition — versions 5.5.0.0.0, 12.2.1.3.0, 12.2.1.4.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

CISA KEV (Known Exploited Vulnerabilities)

This CVE is on the CISA KEV catalog, added on 2022-01-18. CISA KEV inclusion means CISA has confirmed in-the-wild exploitation; US federal agencies are required to remediate within a published due date.

BOD 22-01 due date: 2022-07-18.

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html (Vendor Advisory)
packetstormsecurity.com/files/159748/Oracle-Business-Intelligence-Enterprise-Ed… (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (US Government Resource)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-14864?: CVE-2020-14864 is a high-severity vulnerability in Oracle Business Intelligence, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-10-21.
How severe is CVE-2020-14864?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-14864 known to be exploited?: Yes. CVE-2020-14864 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-01-18), indicating it is being actively exploited. 13 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed.