Webcenter Sites vulnerabilitiesAnd the versions its exploited flaws hit.

Product2 known exploited11 versions
The short answer

Webcenter Sites is made by Oracle. We track 53 published vulnerabilities listed under that exact name, across 11 versions. 2 of them are on the list of flaws known to be exploited, the newest added on 23 January 2025. Oracle lists newer releases under their own names, such as Webcenter Sites Support Tools, so check those pages too.

Check your version

The most recent Webcenter Sites flaw added to the known-exploited list is CVE-2020-11023, on 23 January 2025. We keep watching the known-exploited list.

Other names

Is Webcenter Sites listed under other names? Yes.

Oracle also lists Webcenter Sites under more specific names, such as Webcenter Sites Support Tools. Flaws listed only under those names are counted on their own pages, not here. If you run one of these, open its page for its own exploited flaws.

Versions

Which versions of Webcenter Sites do the exploited flaws hit?

Each exploited flaw lists the versions it affects, as published by the vendor. Find your version, then patch.

  • CVE-2020-11023Exploited list, 23 Jan 2025

    JQuery Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability

    12.2.1.3.012.2.1.4.0
  • CVE-2017-12617Exploited list, 25 Mar 2022

    Apache Tomcat Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

    11.1.1.8.0
Known exploited

Which Webcenter Sites vulnerabilities are being exploited?

2 flaws are on the government list of vulnerabilities known to be exploited. These are the ones criminals are using now, so they go first, whatever their severity score says.

  1. 6.9
    CVE-2020-11023MediumKnown exploited
    JQuery Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability

    JQuery contains a persistent cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability.

    Chance of use85%Known exploited since23 Jan 2025
  2. 8.1
    CVE-2017-12617HighKnown exploited
    Apache Tomcat Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

    When running Apache Tomcat, it is possible to upload a JSP file to the server via a specially crafted request.

    Chance of use>99%Known exploited since25 Mar 2022
Exploit likelihood

Which Webcenter Sites flaws are most likely to be used?

Ranked by the latest exploit-likelihood forecast: the chance each flaw is used in an attack in the next 30 days. A high severity score on its own doesn't tell you that. Flaws shared by many other makers' products are left out.

50% or more10% to 49%Under 10%
  1. >99%

    Apache Log4j2 versions 2.0-alpha1 through 2.16.0 (excluding 2.12.3 and 2.3.1) did not protect from uncontrolled recursion from self-referential lookups.

    CVSS5.9Published18 Dec 2021
  2. >99%
    CVE-2017-12617HighKnown exploited

    When running Apache Tomcat versions 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0, 8.5.0 to 8.5.22, 8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.46 and 7.0.0 to 7.0.81 with HTTP PUTs enabled (e.g.

    CVSS8.1Published4 Oct 2017
  3. 87%

    jQuery before 3.4.0, as used in Drupal, Backdrop CMS, and other products, mishandles jQuery.extend(true, {}, ...) because of Object.prototype pollution.

    CVSS6.1Published20 Apr 2019
  4. 85%
    CVE-2020-11023MediumKnown exploited

    In jQuery versions greater than or equal to 1.0.3 and before 3.5.0, passing HTML containing <option> elements from untrusted sources - even after sanitizing it - to one of jQuery's DOM manipulation methods (i.e.

    CVSS6.9Published29 Apr 2020
  5. 77%

    XStream is software for serializing Java objects to XML and back again.

    CVSS7.5Published28 May 2021
  6. 72%

    Vulnerability in the Oracle WebCenter Sites component of Oracle Fusion Middleware (subcomponent: Advanced UI).

    CVSS8.6Published23 Apr 2019
  7. 41%

    The MethodClosure class in runtime/MethodClosure.java in Apache Groovy 1.7.0 through 2.4.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via a crafted serialized object.

    CVSS9.8Published13 Aug 2015
  8. 38%

    Vulnerability in the Oracle WebCenter Sites component of Oracle Fusion Middleware (subcomponent: Advanced UI).

    CVSS8.2Published19 Apr 2018
  9. 30%

    jQuery before 3.0.0 is vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS) attacks when a cross-domain Ajax request is performed without the dataType option, causing text/javascript responses to be executed.

    CVSS6.1Published18 Jan 2018
  10. 17%

    initDocumentParser in xml/XMLSchedulingDataProcessor.java in Terracotta Quartz Scheduler through 2.3.0 allows XXE attacks via a job description.

    CVSS9.8Published26 Jul 2019
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We track 53 published vulnerabilities listed under the name Webcenter Sites, across 11 versions. The most recent Webcenter Sites flaw added to the known-exploited list is CVE-2020-11023, on 23 January 2025.

2 are on the list of flaws known to be exploited. The most recently added are CVE-2020-11023 and CVE-2017-12617.

Oracle also lists Webcenter Sites under more specific names, such as Webcenter Sites Support Tools. Flaws listed only under those names are counted on their own pages, not here. Open the release you run to see its own list.

Each flaw names its own versions, usually as ranges. The newest, CVE-2020-11023, affects 12.2.1.3.0, 12.2.1.4.0. The versions for every exploited flaw are listed on this page.

Create a Precursor Intelligence account and track Webcenter Sites. We match it against every published flaw, give each one a risk score from 0 to 100 and keep watching, so you hear about new ones as soon as we know, by email, in the app or by webhook.