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CVE-2016-3473

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-3473 is an unspecified vulnerability in Oracle BI Publisher (formerly XML Publisher) affecting Oracle Fusion Middleware versions 11.1.1.7.0, 11.1.1.9.0, and 12.2.1.0.0. This vulnerability carries a high CVSSv3 score of 7.7, indicating it can be exploited remotely by authenticated users with low attack complexity, potentially leading to a significant compromise of confidentiality. While there is no evidence of active exploitation (KEV list), an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) exploit for affected versions is publicly available on ExploitDB. Despite this, the vulnerability has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
11.1.1.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:business_intelligence_publisher:11.1.1.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
11.1.1.9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:business_intelligence_publisher:11.1.1.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.2.1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:business_intelligence_publisher:12.2.1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.7HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.1
Impact Score
4.0
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
13.95%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-40590 · Oct 20, 2016
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1395 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 17,808 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

oraclepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

exploit-db.com / exploits/40590
oracle.com / technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/93719
securitytracker.com / id/1037051