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CVE-2025-61757
published 2025-10-21

CVE-2025-61757: Vulnerability in the Identity Manager product of Oracle Fusion Middleware (component: REST WebServices). Supported versions that are affected are 12.2.1.4.0…

PriorityP1100critical9.8CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUINSUCHIHAH
KEVITWEXPLOITRansomware
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilitydue 2025-12-12
Exploited in the wild
EPSS
88.31%
99.8th percentile
Vulnerability in the Identity Manager product of Oracle Fusion Middleware (component: REST WebServices). Supported versions that are affected are 12.2.1.4.0 and 14.1.2.1.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Identity Manager. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Identity Manager. 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).

Affected

4 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
oracleidentity_manager
oracleidentity_manager
oracle_corporationidentity_manager
oracle_corporationidentity_manager

Detection & IOCsextracted from sources · hover to see the quote

url/iam/governance/applicationmanagement/templates;.wadl
url/iam/governance/applicationmanagement/api/v1/applications/groovyscriptstatus;.wadl
ip89.238.132.76
ip185.245.82.81
ip138.199.29.153
path/iam/governance/applicationmanagement/api/v1/applications/groovyscriptstatus
sigma
POST /iam/governance/applicationmanagement/api/v1/applications/groovyscriptstatus;.wadl HTTP/1.1
  • Detect HTTP POST requests to the ;.wadl-suffixed groovyscriptstatus endpoint — the auth bypass is triggered by appending ';.wadl' to the URL path, bypassing authentication on the REST WebServices component.
  • A successful exploit response contains the string 'Script Compilation Successful' with content-type 'text/plain' and HTTP 200 status — use this as a confirmation indicator in detection rules.
  • Unauthenticated access to the groovyscriptstatus endpoint (HTTP 401 without ;.wadl suffix, HTTP 200 with ;.wadl suffix) indicates active exploitation attempts — monitor for this status code differential.
  • Scanning activity was observed using an anomalously old user agent (Chrome 60 on Windows 10) across multiple source IPs — flag this UA string in web server logs as a strong indicator of CVE-2025-61757 reconnaissance.
  • Exploitation abuses Groovy annotation-processing features at compile time — monitor for unexpected process spawning or outbound connections from the Oracle Identity Manager JVM process following requests to the groovyscriptstatus endpoint.
  • Shodan/FOFA exposure query for affected instances: search for title 'oracle access management' to identify internet-exposed Oracle Identity Manager deployments.
  • Zero-day exploitation was observed as early as August 30, weeks before the October 2025 patch — review web server logs from August 30 through September 9 for POST requests to the ;.wadl-suffixed endpoints.
  • ·The ;.wadl suffix auth bypass technique also applies to the templates endpoint — ensure detection rules cover both vulnerable paths, not just groovyscriptstatus.
  • ·The Nuclei template uses a two-step flow: step 1 confirms the endpoint returns HTTP 401 with an Oracle header (verifying target identity), step 2 sends the exploit POST — single-step detections may miss context.

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.19.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
vulncheck9.8CRITICAL
cisa9.8CRITICAL
vendor_oracle9.8CRITICAL
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