Public proof of conceptFix available

CVE-2018-3252

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

Published2018-10-17

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Description

Vulnerability in the Oracle WebLogic Server component of Oracle Fusion Middleware (subcomponent: WLS Core Components). Supported versions that are affected are 10.3.6.0, 12.1.3.0 and 12.2.1.3. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via T3 to compromise Oracle WebLogic Server. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle WebLogic Server. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 9.8 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

Timeline

dates in UTC

2018-10-1701:31CVE publishedNVD
2026-10-2319:23First public proof of conceptPoC-in-GitHub
2026-10-2319:23EPSS crossed 10 %FIRST EPSS

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 21:37 UTC

Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days

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Versions per branch

NVD

Oracle weblogic server

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
10.3	= 10.3.6.0.0	no fix published	NVD
12.1	= 12.1.3.0.0	no fix published	NVD
12.2	= 12.2.1.3.0	no fix published	NVD

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Fix

Advisories and patches

www.oracle.comPatch · Vendor Advisory

Detection

read 2026-10-23 19:23 UTC

Nuclei template: none so far
Exploit-DB: no entry
Proof-of-concept repositories: 3 repositories, unverifiedjas502n/CVE-2018-3252go-spider/CVE-2018-3252pyn3rd/CVE-2018-3252

Sources

CISA-ADPSSVC decisionnone2024-10-02
OpenCVESSVC decisionnone—
NVDCVSS 3.09.8read 2026-10-23
NVDCVSS 2.07.5read 2026-10-23
FIRST EPSSEPSS score29.3 %read 2026-10-23
PoC-in-GitHubproof of concept3read 2026-10-23

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published: 2018-10-17
Last Modified: 2026-06-17
NVD status: Modified

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-3252?

Is CVE-2018-3252 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2018-3252 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 29.3% on 2026-10-23, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2018-3252?

CVE-2018-3252 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL severity), with vector string CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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