# CVE-2020-14855: Vulnerability in the Oracle Universal Work Queue product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: Work Provider Administration).

- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2020-10-21 · Updated: 2024-09-26

## Affected

- Oracle Corporation Universal Work Queue: 12.1.3

## Description

Vulnerability in the Oracle Universal Work Queue product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: Work Provider Administration). The supported version that is affected is 12.1.3. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Universal Work Queue. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle Universal Work Queue. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 9.8 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Oracle Corporation Universal Work Queue, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html

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