Skip to content
OpenAdvisories
Critical · 9.8 Known exploited Public exploit CVE-2015-4852 EUVD-2015-4869GHSA-7r6v-mxc2-pg49

The WLS Security component in Oracle WebLogic Server 10.3.6.0, 12.1.2.0, 12.1.3.0, and 12.2.1.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrar…

Published Nov 18, 2015 · Updated Oct 21, 2025 · Assigned by oracle

Package: libcommons-collections3-java Package: openjdk-8 Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

The WLS Security component in Oracle WebLogic Server 10.3.6.0, 12.1.2.0, 12.1.3.0, and 12.2.1.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted serialized Java object in T3 protocol traffic to TCP port 7001, related to oracle_common/modules/com.bea.core.apache.commons.collections.jar. NOTE: the scope of this CVE is limited to the WebLogic Server product.

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Ubuntu

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS openjdk-8 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS openjdk-8 No fix yet —
Show 4 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS openjdk-8 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS openjdk-8 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS openjdk-8 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS libcommons-collections3-java 3.2.1-6ubuntu0.1~esm1 USN-6936-1

SUSE

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 12 SP5 apache-commons-beanutils 1.11.0-7.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02056-1

openSUSE

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed apache-commons-beanutils 1.9.4-3.7 openSUSE-SU-2024:10617-1
openSUSE Tumbleweed apache-commons-validator 1.10.1-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:11105-1

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.

Metasploit 1 module

GitHub 4 repositories

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

Advisories 6

References