CVE-2020-2600: Medium severity Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools vulnerability

Published Jan 15, 2020

Updated

Vulnerability in the PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools product of Oracle PeopleSoft (component: Elastic Search). Supported versions that are affected are 8.56 and 8.57. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker and while the vulnerability is in PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools, attacks may significantly impact additional products. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools accessible data. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 6.1 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N).

Affected Software

2 affected components

Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools=8.56

Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools=8.57

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

Upgrade
Upgrade Oracle PeopleSoft PeopleTools (Elastic Search) to a version that resolves this vulnerability.
Fixed in 8.56
Upgrade
Upgrade Oracle PeopleSoft PeopleTools (Elastic Search) to a version that resolves this vulnerability.
Fixed in 8.57

Event History

Jan 15, 2020

CVE Published

via MITRE·04:34 PM

Data Sourced

via MITRE·04:34 PM

DescriptionSeverityWeakness

Data Sourced

via NVD·05:15 PM

RemedyDescriptionSeverityAffected Software

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2020-2600?

CVE-2020-2600 has a CVSS score indicating it is an easily exploitable vulnerability that may allow unauthenticated attackers to gain unauthorized access.

How do I fix CVE-2020-2600?

To mitigate CVE-2020-2600, users should upgrade to the patched versions of PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools 8.56 or 8.57.

What can happen if CVE-2020-2600 is exploited?

Exploitation of CVE-2020-2600 could allow an unauthenticated attacker to compromise the PeopleSoft Enterprise system.

Which versions of PeopleSoft Enterprise are affected by CVE-2020-2600?

CVE-2020-2600 affects Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools versions 8.56 and 8.57.

Is authentication required to exploit CVE-2020-2600?

No, CVE-2020-2600 can be exploited by unauthenticated attackers with network access via HTTP.