Oracle Universal Work Queue up to 12.2.14 Work Provider Administration improper authorization

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Oracle Universal Work Queue up to 12.2.14. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Work Provider Administration. This manipulation causes improper authorization. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-50105. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability has been found in Oracle Universal Work Queue up to 12.2.14 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Work Provider Administration. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authorization vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-285. The product does not perform or incorrectly performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Vulnerability in the Oracle Universal Work Queue product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: Work Provider Administration). Supported versions that are affected are 12.2.3-12.2.14. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Universal Work Queue. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all Oracle Universal Work Queue accessible data as well as unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle Universal Work Queue accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 8.1 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N).

It is possible to read the advisory at oracle.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-50105 since 06/12/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/25/2025). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1548.002 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-21475). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Vendor

• Oracle

Name

• Universal Work Queue

Version

• 12.2.0
• 12.2.1
• 12.2.2
• 12.2.3
• 12.2.4
• 12.2.5
• 12.2.6
• 12.2.7
• 12.2.8
• 12.2.9
• 12.2.10
• 12.2.11
• 12.2.12
• 12.2.13
• 12.2.14

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.oracle.com

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