# CVE-2016-3548: Information disclosure in n/a

> Remote attackers can access confidential information in Oracle E-Business Suite Marketing via activity collateral vectors.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 21 Jul 2016
- **Updated:** 11 Oct 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-qvg3-77jr-r7h9

## What is CVE-2016-3548?

CVE-2016-3548 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oracle Marketing, published on 21 Jul 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Unspecified vulnerability in the Oracle Marketing 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 attackers to affect confidentiality via vectors related to Marketing activity collateral.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-3548?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Oracle Marketing.

## How do I fix CVE-2016-3548?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-3548 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2016-3548 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-3548 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Oracle Marketing

- [CVE-2025-53072](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-53072/): Auth bypass in Oracle Marketing (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-62481](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-62481/): Auth bypass in Oracle Marketing (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-2355](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-2355/): Missing authorization in Marketing (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2021-2205](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-2205/): Missing authorization in Marketing (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2020-14875](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-14875/): Missing authorization in Marketing (critical 9.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2016-3548 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2016-3548 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oracle Marketing, published on 21 Jul 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-3548 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Oracle Marketing. 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-2016-3548/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-3548/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3548
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3548
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-3548

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