# CVE-2016-3542: Information disclosure in n/a

> Remote administrators can compromise confidentiality and integrity in Oracle E-Business Suite Knowledge Management via unspecified vectors.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 21 Jul 2016
- **Updated:** 11 Oct 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-gwcp-56qr-72w7

## What is CVE-2016-3542?

CVE-2016-3542 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 21 Jul 2016. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Unspecified vulnerability in the Oracle Knowledge Management component in Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1.1, 12.1.2, 12.1.3, 12.2.3, 12.2.4, and 12.2.5 allows remote administrators to affect confidentiality and integrity via unknown vectors.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-3542?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Oracle Knowledge Management.

## How do I fix CVE-2016-3542?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-3542 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2016-3542 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-3542 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code:

- Oracle Knowledge Management 12.1.1 < 12.2.5 - XML External Entity Leading To Remote Code Execution (exploitdb)

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2021-2198](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-2198/): Information disclosure in Knowledge Management (high 8.2)
- [CVE-2020-2841](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-2841/): Information disclosure in Knowledge Management (high 8.2)
- [CVE-2019-2660](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-2660/): Cross-site scripting in Knowledge Management (high 8.2)
- [CVE-2017-10410](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-10410/): Cross-site scripting in Knowledge Management (high 8.2)
- [CVE-2017-10411](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-10411/): Cross-site scripting in Knowledge Management (high 8.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2016-3542 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2016-3542 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 21 Jul 2016. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-3542 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. 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-2016-3542/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-3542/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3542
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3542
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-3542

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