CVE-2025-53049: 
Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE) vulnerability analysis and mitigation

A vulnerability has been identified in Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (component: Analytics Web Administration) affecting versions 7.6.0.0.0 and 8.2.0.0.0. This vulnerability requires network access via HTTP and human interaction for exploitation (Oracle Advisory).

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS 3.1 Base Score of 8.4 (High) with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H. The scoring indicates that the vulnerability requires network access, is low in attack complexity, requires high privileges, and needs user interaction. The scope is changed, and successful exploitation can result in high impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability (NVD).

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can result in complete takeover of Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition. The attack may significantly impact additional products beyond the vulnerable component due to scope change. The vulnerability affects all three security aspects - confidentiality, integrity, and availability - with potential high impact in each area (Oracle Advisory).

Oracle has released patches to address this vulnerability as part of the October 2025 Critical Patch Update. Organizations are strongly advised to apply these security patches as soon as possible. The patches are available for supported versions 7.6.0.0.0 and 8.2.0.0.0 (Oracle Advisory).