What is CVE-2025-21498?

CVE-2025-21498 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oracle HTTP Server, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2025-01-21.

How severe is CVE-2025-21498?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Oracle HTTP Server

CVE-2025-21498

Vulnerability in the Oracle HTTP Server product of Oracle Fusion Middleware (component: Core). The supported version that is affected is 12.2.1.4.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle HTTP Server. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle HTTP Server accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.3 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N).

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

EPSS: 0.005 (38.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Oracle Http_server — versions 12.2.1.4.0
Oracle Corporation Http Server — versions 12.2.1.4.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-862 — Missing Authorization

References

secalert_us@oracle.com (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-21498?: CVE-2025-21498 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oracle HTTP Server, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2025-01-21.
How severe is CVE-2025-21498?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.