# CVE-2025-53072: Auth bypass in Oracle Marketing

> Unauthenticated attackers can bypass authentication to take over Oracle Marketing via HTTP, requiring immediate patching.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 21 Oct 2025
- **Updated:** 26 Feb 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-42mp-4r6r-6m79

## What is CVE-2025-53072?

CVE-2025-53072 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in Oracle Marketing, published on 21 Oct 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Vulnerability in the Oracle Marketing product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: Marketing Administration).  Supported versions that are affected are 12.2.3-12.2.14. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Marketing.  Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle Marketing. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 9.8 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts).  CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

Weakness: CWE-306 (Missing Authentication for Critical Functionality)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-53072?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Oracle Marketing.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-53072?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-53072 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-53072 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-53072 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code:

- Detection for CVE-2025-53072 + CVE-2025-62481 (github_poc): https://github.com/rxerium/CVE-2025-53072-CVE-2025-62481

## Other vulnerabilities in Oracle Marketing

- [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)
- [CVE-2020-14658](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-14658/): Missing authorization in Marketing (critical 9.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-53072 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-53072 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in Oracle Marketing, published on 21 Oct 2025. 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-2025-53072 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-2025-53072/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-53072/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-53072
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-53072
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-53072

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