# CVE-2007-3854: SQL injection in n/a

> Remote authenticated users can exploit SQL injection and buffer overflow vulnerabilities in Oracle Database components to execute code or access data.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 18 Jul 2007
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-47p6-9mfm-8c7j

## What is CVE-2007-3854?

CVE-2007-3854 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Oracle Application Server, published on 18 Jul 2007. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Oracle Database 9.0.1.5+, 9.2.0.7, and 10.1.0.5 allow remote authenticated users to have unknown impact via (1) SYS.DBMS_PRVTAQIS in the Advanced Queuing component (DB02) and (2) MDSYS.MD in the Spatial component (DB12).  NOTE: Oracle has not disputed reliable researcher claims that DB02 is for SQL injection and DB12 is for a buffer overflow.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-3854?

It affects 9 products.


Products: Oracle Apex, Oracle Application Server, Oracle Collaboration Suite, Oracle Database Server, Oracle E-Business Suite, Oracle Peoplesoft Enterprise Customer Relationship Management, Oracle Peoplesoft Enterprise Human Capital Management, Oracle Peoplesoft Enterprise Peopletools, Oracle Secure Enterprise Search.

## How do I fix CVE-2007-3854?

No fix has been published for CVE-2007-3854 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2007-3854 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-3854 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Oracle Application Server

- [CVE-2006-5352](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-5352/): Other in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2006-5351](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-5351/): Other in n/a (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2007-3860](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-3860/): SQL injection in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2006-7138](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-7138/): SQL injection in n/a (medium 6.0)
- [CVE-2026-60630](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-60630/): Missing authorization in Oracle APEX (medium 5.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2007-3854 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2007-3854 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Oracle Application Server, published on 18 Jul 2007. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-3854 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Oracle Application Server. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-3854/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-3854/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-3854
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-3854
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2007-3854

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