CVE-2025-50105
📋 TL;DR
This vulnerability in Oracle Universal Work Queue allows authenticated attackers with low privileges to perform unauthorized data manipulation (create, delete, modify) and access sensitive information via HTTP requests. It affects Oracle E-Business Suite versions 12.2.3 through 12.2.14.
💻 Affected Systems
- Oracle E-Business Suite
📦 What is this software?
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Complete compromise of Oracle Universal Work Queue data including unauthorized access to all critical business data and ability to modify or delete all accessible data.
Likely Case
Unauthorized access to sensitive business data and unauthorized modifications to work queue configurations and data.
If Mitigated
Limited impact through proper network segmentation, strong authentication controls, and monitoring of privileged actions.
🎯 Exploit Status
Requires low-privileged authenticated access via HTTP. No public exploit code available as of analysis.
🛠️ 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 following Oracle E-Business Suite patching procedures. 3. Restart affected services. 4. Test functionality.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Network Access Restriction
allRestrict network access to Oracle E-Business Suite to trusted IP addresses only
Privilege Reduction
allReview and minimize user privileges, especially for low-privileged accounts accessing Work Provider Administration
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement strict network segmentation and firewall rules to limit access to Oracle E-Business Suite
- Enable detailed logging and monitoring for all Work Provider Administration activities and review regularly
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check Oracle E-Business Suite version and patch level via Oracle Application Manager or query database for version informationCheck Version:
SELECT RELEASE_NAME FROM FND_PRODUCT_GROUPS;Verify Fix Applied:
Verify patch application via Oracle OPatch utility and confirm version is beyond affected range📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unauthorized access attempts to Work Provider Administration pages
- Unusual data modification patterns in work queue tables
- Multiple failed authentication attempts followed by successful low-privilege access
Network Indicators:
- HTTP requests to Work Provider Administration endpoints from unusual sources
- Burst of data manipulation requests
SIEM Query:
source="oracle-ebs" AND (uri="*WorkProviderAdmin*" OR action="*work_queue*modify*") AND user_privilege="low"