CVE-2018-2681: Medium severity oracle peoplesoft enterprise human capital management vulnerability

Published Jan 18, 2018

Updated

Vulnerability in the PeopleSoft Enterprise HCM Human Resources component of Oracle PeopleSoft Products (subcomponent: Security). The supported version that is affected is 9.2. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise PeopleSoft Enterprise HCM Human Resources. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of PeopleSoft Enterprise HCM Human Resources accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of PeopleSoft Enterprise HCM Human Resources accessible data. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 5.4 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N).

Affected Software

1 affected component

Oracle Peoplesoft Enterprise Human Capital Management Human Resources=9.2

Remediation

Patch Available

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html

Event History

Jan 18, 2018

CVE Published

via MITRE·02:00 AM

Data Sourced

via MITRE·02:00 AM

DescriptionWeakness

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the vulnerability ID for this Oracle PeopleSoft Products vulnerability?

The vulnerability ID for this Oracle PeopleSoft Products vulnerability is CVE-2018-2681.

What is the title of this vulnerability?

The title of this vulnerability is 'Vulnerability in the PeopleSoft Enterprise HCM Human Resources component of Oracle PeopleSoft Products'.

What is the affected software of this vulnerability?

The affected software of this vulnerability is Oracle Peoplesoft Enterprise Human Capital Management Human Resources version 9.2.

What is the severity rating of this vulnerability?

The severity rating of this vulnerability is medium with a CVSS score of 5.4.

How can this vulnerability be exploited?

This vulnerability can be easily exploited by a low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise PeopleSoft Enterprise HCM Human Resources.