# CVE-2019-2898: Information disclosure in BI Publisher (formerly XML Publisher)

> Low-privileged attackers can exploit this vulnerability to gain unauthorized read access to a subset of data in Oracle BI Publisher.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/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:** 16 Oct 2019
- **Updated:** 1 Oct 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-f2h3-2c7g-xmxr

## What is CVE-2019-2898?

CVE-2019-2898 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oracle Corporation BI Publisher (formerly XML Publisher), published on 16 Oct 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Vulnerability in the BI Publisher (formerly XML Publisher) product of Oracle Fusion Middleware (component: BI Publisher Security). Supported versions that are affected are 11.1.1.9.0, 12.2.1.3.0 and 12.2.1.4.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise BI Publisher (formerly XML Publisher). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized read access to a subset of BI Publisher (formerly XML Publisher) accessible data. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 4.3 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N).

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-2898?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Oracle Bi Publisher.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-2898?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-2898 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2019-2898 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-2898 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Oracle Corporation BI Publisher (formerly XML Publisher)

- [CVE-2026-71059](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-71059/): Auth bypass in Oracle BI Publisher (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2026-60719](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-60719/): Privilege escalation in Oracle BI Publisher (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2026-60173](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-60173/): Auth bypass in Oracle BI Publisher (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-21082](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-21082/): XML external entity in BI Publisher (formerly XML Publisher) (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-71058](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-71058/): Auth bypass in Oracle BI Publisher (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-2898 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-2898 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oracle Corporation BI Publisher (formerly XML Publisher), published on 16 Oct 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-2898 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Oracle Corporation BI Publisher (formerly XML Publisher). 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-2019-2898/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-2898/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-2898
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-2898
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-2898

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