CVE-2005-4832
SQL injection vulnerability in the Oracle Database Server 10g allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary SQL commands with…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 42.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.3% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 5Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
SQL injection vulnerability in the Oracle Database Server 10g allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary SQL commands with elevated privileges via the SUBSCRIPTION_NAME parameter in the (1) SYS.DBMS_CDC_SUBSCRIBE and (2) SYS.DBMS_CDC_ISUBSCRIBE packages, a different vector than CVE-2005-1197.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and 4 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits5
Metasploit modules1 module
- Oracle DB SQL Injection via SYS.DBMS_CDC_SUBSCRIBE.ACTIVATE_SUBSCRIPTION (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
auxiliary/sqli/oracle/dbms_cdc_subscribe_activate_subscriptionRank normaldisclosed 18 Apr 2005
Exploit-DB4 entries
- Oracle 10g Database - 'SUBSCRIPTION_NAME' SQL Injection (2) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 25453remote, multiplepublished 26 Feb 2007Verified
- Oracle 9i/10g ACTIVATE_SUBSCRIPTION - SQL Injection (2) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 3378remote, multiplepublished 26 Feb 2007Verified
- Oracle 10g Database - 'SUBSCRIPTION_NAME' SQL Injection (1) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 25452remote, multiplepublished 23 Feb 2007Verified
- Oracle 9i/10g - ACTIVATE_SUBSCRIPTION SQL Injection (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 3364remote, windowspublished 23 Feb 2007Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
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Published
- 17 years later
· 17 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 42.7% · top 1.3% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
8
- 20050418 [AppSecInc Team SHATTER Security Advisory] Multiple SQL Injection vulnerabilities in DBMS_CDC_SUBSCRIBE and DBMS_CDC_ISUBSCRIBE packages (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://www.argeniss.com/research/OraDBMS_CDC_SUBSCRIBEWorkaround.sql (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.argeniss.com/research/OraDBMS_CDC_SUBSCRIBEExploit.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.appsecinc.com/resources/alerts/oracle/2005-02.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20050711 Re: Problems with the Oracle Critical Patch Update for April 2005 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technology/deploy/security/pdf/cpuapr2005.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 13236 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- oracle-subscriptionname-sql-injection(20159) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2005-4825 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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