CVE-2008-3257

Exp

Stack-based buffer overflow in the Apache Connector (mod_wl) in Oracle WebLogic Server (formerly BEA WebLogic Server) 10.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long HTTP version string, as demonstrated by a string after "POST /.jsp" in an HTTP request.

Published: 2008-07-22 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-3257 is rated High Exploit Risk (89.1/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 80.78%, 99th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-3257

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
18897 exploit_db edb 2012-05-19 Exploit-DB ↗
6089 exploit_db edb 2008-07-17 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-3257

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-03-02 81.33% 80.78% -0.55%
2 2025-10-11 78.22% 81.33% +3.10%
3 2025-03-25 — 78.22% —

Full EPSS history (18 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-3257

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-3257

Vendor comments (NVD) for CVE-2008-3257

  • Oracle (2008-07-31T00:00:00)

    Oracle has released a workaround for CVE-2008-3257. Information is available at: http://www.oracle.com/technology/deploy/security/alerts/alert_cve2008-3257.html

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-3257

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
bea weblogic_server 3.1.8 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:3.1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 4.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:4.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 4.5 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 4.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:4.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 4.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:4.5.1:sp15:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 4.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:4.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 4.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:4.5.2:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 4.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:4.5.2:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 5.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 5.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:5.1:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 5.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:5.1:sp10:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 5.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:5.1:sp11:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 5.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:5.1:sp12:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 5.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:5.1:sp13:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 5.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:5.1:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 5.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:5.1:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 5.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:5.1:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 5.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:5.1:sp5:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 5.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:5.1:sp6:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 5.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:5.1:sp7:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 5.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:5.1:sp8:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 5.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:5.1:sp9:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:6.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:6.0:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:6.0:sp6:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 6.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 6.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:6.1:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 6.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:6.1:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 6.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:6.1:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 6.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:6.1:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 6.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:6.1:sp5:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 6.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:6.1:sp6:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 6.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:6.1:sp7:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 6.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:6.1:sp8:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:7.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:7.0:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:7.0:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:7.0:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:7.0:sp5:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:7.0:sp6:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:7.0:sp7:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 7.0.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:7.0.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 7.0.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:7.0.0.1:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 7.0.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:7.0.0.1:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 7.0.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:7.0.0.1:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 7.0.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:7.0.0.1:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 8.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 8.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:8.1:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 8.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:8.1:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 8.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:8.1:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 8.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:8.1:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 8.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:8.1:sp5:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 8.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:8.1:sp6:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 9.0 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 9.0 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:9.0:ga:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 9.0 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:9.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 9.0 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:9.0:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 9.0 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:9.0:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 9.0 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:9.0:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 9.0 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:9.0:sp5:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 9.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 9.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:9.1:ga:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 9.2 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 9.2 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:9.2:mp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 9.2 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:9.2:mp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 10.0 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea_systems apache_connector_in_weblogic_server — cpe:2.3:a:bea_systems:apache_connector_in_weblogic_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea_systems weblogic_server 10.0_mp1 cpe:2.3:a:bea_systems:weblogic_server:10.0_mp1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle weblogic_server <= 10.3 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:weblogic_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-3257

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