CVE-2025-50061
📋 TL;DR
This vulnerability in Oracle Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management allows authenticated attackers with low privileges to perform unauthorized data manipulation and limited data reading through web interface interaction. It affects multiple supported versions from 20.12.0 through 24.12.4. Successful exploitation requires human interaction from someone other than the attacker.
💻 Affected Systems
- Oracle Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management
📦 What is this software?
Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management by Oracle
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Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management by Oracle
View all CVEs affecting Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management →
Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management by Oracle
View all CVEs affecting Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management →
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Attackers could modify critical project data, insert malicious content, or delete important project information, potentially disrupting project management operations and causing business impact.
Likely Case
Low-privileged users could elevate their access to modify or view data they shouldn't have access to, potentially leading to data integrity issues or unauthorized information disclosure.
If Mitigated
With proper access controls and monitoring, impact would be limited to minor data manipulation within the attacker's authorized scope.
🎯 Exploit Status
Requires authenticated access and user interaction, but is described as 'easily exploitable' by Oracle.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Apply patches from Oracle Critical Patch Update July 2025
Vendor Advisory: https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2025.html
Restart Required: Yes
Instructions:
1. Download appropriate patches from Oracle Support. 2. Apply patches according to Oracle documentation. 3. Restart Primavera P6 services. 4. Verify patch application.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Restrict Network Access
allLimit HTTP access to Primavera P6 Web Access to trusted networks only
Configure firewall rules to restrict access to Primavera P6 ports (typically 80/443)
Implement Least Privilege
allReview and minimize user privileges to reduce attack surface
Review user roles in Primavera P6 administration console and remove unnecessary permissions
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement strict network segmentation to isolate Primavera P6 from untrusted networks
- Enhance monitoring of user activity and data modification logs for suspicious patterns
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check Primavera P6 version via administration console or version files. Compare against affected version ranges.Check Version:
Check Primavera P6 version in administration console under Help > About or examine version.properties files in installation directory.Verify Fix Applied:
Verify patch application through Oracle patch verification tools or by confirming version is outside affected ranges.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual data modification patterns by low-privileged users
- Multiple failed authentication attempts followed by successful login and data access
Network Indicators:
- HTTP requests to Primavera P6 Web Access with unusual parameter patterns
- Traffic from unexpected source IPs to Primavera P6
SIEM Query:
source="primavera_p6" AND (event_type="data_modification" AND user_privilege="low") OR (authentication.success AND previous_failures > 3)