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CVE-2017-10271
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Verified 2026-08-04
Oracle WebLogic Server vulnerability
Oracle WebLogic Server remote code execution vulnerability enabling unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected systems.
Verdict
Today item, not a backlog item.
Critical vulnerability with high exploitation prevalence. Active exploitation in the wild combined with ransomware campaigns demonstrates immediate threat. Organizations running vulnerable WebLogic instances face direct compromise risk.
CISA KEV Yes · 2022-02-104Ransomware use Flagged4EPSS 0.99993 (verify live)5Exploit Weaponized · public PoC6CVSS 7.5 (CISA)3CISA SSVC Exploitation: active · Automatable: yes · Impact: partial3
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Is it exploitable?
— the evidence, ranked above the scoreExploit available
Fully weaponized — public exploit code is cataloged for this vulnerability.We link the existence of the exploit; we do not host or redistribute payloads.
Reported exploitation
850 independent public reports of in-the-wild exploitation are cataloged.Distinct reporting sources (vendor, incident response, government); open them for the underlying claims.
Exploited in the wild
Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-02-10), flagged for known ransomware use.
Probability (EPSS)
EPSS 0.99993 — modeled likelihood of exploitation activity.EPSS is a daily-changing model output — open the source for today's value.
Severity / affected
CVSS 7.5 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H) · Affected: Oracle, WebLogic Server. Confirm exact fixed builds in the vendor advisory.CVSS — CISA-assigned via the ADP container (CVE.org), version 3.1; the CNA left no metrics, so CISA's own score is used ahead of NVD.
CISA SSVC (triage disposition)
Exploitation: active · Automatable: yes · Technical Impact: partialCISA's own stakeholder-specific triage inputs, published in the CVE record (CISA Coordinator role). NOTE: this is CISA's three decision points; the final Act/Attend/Track decision also requires a Mission & Well-being input not published here, so no overall decision is asserted.
Currency of the record
CISA added this to its KEV catalog 1575 days after the CVE record was published.KEV lag = CISA-KEV dateAdded − CVE.org datePublished; a floor on how long the known-exploited flaw sat in the public record before the federal catalog listed it. Severity/weakness here is CNA- or CISA-assigned (current at disclosure), independent of NVD's analysis backlog.
Public exploit available
Public exploit tooling is catalogued for this CVE (a functional/weaponized public exploit). Catalog entries: Metasploit module, nuclei template. We link the catalog page(s) only — no payload or code is hosted or restated here.Link, never host — the catalog page is the source; basicsecurity.net does not redistribute payloads.
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Who’s exploiting it?
— attribution turns risk into urgencyAttribution not established
No confirmed (advisory-backed) threat-actor attribution is established for this record. Absence of a named actor is not absence of compromise — see Coverage & confidence.
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Why it matters
— the attack path, told twice: adversary, then board1
Front door — unauthenticated access narrative 1
Attacker
Identify and probe for exposed WebLogic Server instances on the network perimeter.
Business
Exposed infrastructure becomes reconnaissance target for threat actors scanning for vulnerable deployments.
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Keys to the kingdom — privilege/identity takeover narrative 2
Attacker
Craft and deliver exploit payload to trigger remote code execution without authentication.
Business
Initial access achieved; attacker gains code execution context within enterprise systems.
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Lateral reach — past segmentation narrative 3
Attacker
Execute commands to establish persistence and deploy secondary payloads or ransomware.
Business
Systems encrypted or data exfiltrated; operational disruption and potential financial extortion.
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Data at risk — exfiltration narrative 4
Attacker
Pivot laterally to connected systems and escalate privileges within the environment.
Business
Compromise spreads beyond initial target; scope of incident expands across infrastructure.
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Lights out — disruption & extortion narrative 5
Attacker
Maintain access for data theft, sabotage, or continued extortion activities.
Business
Prolonged breach increases regulatory exposure, reputational damage, and recovery costs.
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What to do
— defensible action- Remediate per the vendor advisory — confirm the fixed build for your version and verify exposure.1
Say it to the boardA vulnerability with this evidence profile is a defensible budget line, not a backlog ticket — fund the change against the proof above.
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