Oracle · ADF Faces
CVE-2022-21445
Oracle ADF Faces Deserialization of Untrusted Data Vulnerability
What it is
Vulnerability in the Oracle Application Development Framework (ADF) product of Oracle Fusion Middleware (component: ADF Faces). Supported versions that are affected are 12.2.1.3.0 and 12.2.1.4.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Application Development Framework (ADF). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle Application Development Framework (ADF). Note: Oracle Application Development Framework (ADF) is downloaded via Oracle JDeveloper Product. Please refer to Fusion Middleware Patch Advisor for more details. 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).
CISA: Oracle ADF Faces library, included with Oracle JDeveloper Distribution, contains a deserialization of untrusted data vulnerability leading to unauthenticated remote code execution.
What to do
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Deadline for US federal agencies: October 9, 2024
- Added to the CISA list
- September 18, 2024
- Published
- April 19, 2022
- Severity
- Critical 9.8 CVSS 3.1
- Chance of attacks in the next 30 days (EPSS)
- 62% in the top 0.8% of all known vulnerabilities
- Weakness
- CWE-502
- More details
- NVD · CVE.org · CISA
All references (1)
More exploited flaws from Oracle
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 2026 | Improper Access Control | HTTP Server and Oracle Weblogic Server Proxy Plug-in | Critical 10.0 | 73% |
| Jul 15, 2026 | Improper Privilege Management | E-Business Suite | Critical 9.8 | 12% |
| Jun 12, 2026 | PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools Missing Authentication for Critical Function | PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools | Critical 9.8 | 97% |
| Jun 1, 2026 | Unspecified | WebLogic Server | High 7.5 | 74% |
| Nov 21, 2025 | Missing Authentication for Critical Function | Fusion Middleware | Critical 9.8 | 89% |
| Oct 20, 2025 | Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) | E-Business Suite | High 7.5 | 96% |
| Oct 6, 2025 | Unspecified | E-Business Suite | Critical 9.8 | 99.7% |
| Feb 24, 2025 | Deserialization | Agile Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) | High 8.8 | 3.9% |
Sources: Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (CISA, public domain), CVE records (cve.org) and EPSS (FIRST). The chance of attacks is the EPSS estimate that someone will try to exploit the flaw in the next 30 days.