CVE-2020-14529 Cross-site scripting in Primavera Portfolio Management

Medium 5.4 Published 15 Jul 2020 Updated 27 Sep 2024

Low-privileged attackers can exploit this vulnerability to read and modify data in Oracle Primavera Portfolio Management via HTTP.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: A user has to click or open something
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2020-14529?

CVE-2020-14529 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Oracle Corporation Primavera Portfolio Management, published on 15 Jul 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Vulnerability in the Primavera Portfolio Management product of Oracle Construction and Engineering (component: Investor Module). Supported versions that are affected are 16.1.0.0-16.1.5.1, 18.0.0.0-18.0.2.0 and 19.0.0.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Primavera Portfolio Management. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker and while the vulnerability is in Primavera Portfolio Management, attacks may significantly impact additional products. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Primavera Portfolio Management accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of Primavera Portfolio Management accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.4 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N).

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-14529?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Oracle Primavera Portfolio Management.

How do I fix CVE-2020-14529?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-14529 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2020-14529 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-14529 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-5vp4-9q2j-p8f9.