CVE-2022-21272: Medium severity oracle peopletools vulnerability

Published Jan 19, 2022

Updated

Vulnerability in the PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools product of Oracle PeopleSoft (component: Portal). Supported versions that are affected are 8.57, 8.58 and 8.59. 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 3.1 Base Score 6.1 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N).

Affected Software

3 affected components

Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools=8.57

Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools=8.58

Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools=8.59

Event History

Jan 19, 2022

CVE Published

via MITRE·11:22 AM

Data Sourced

via MITRE·11:22 AM

DescriptionSeverityWeakness

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the vulnerability ID of this security vulnerability?

The vulnerability ID is CVE-2022-21272.

What product is affected by this vulnerability?

The PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools product of Oracle PeopleSoft is affected.

What versions of PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools are affected?

Versions 8.57, 8.58, and 8.59 of PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools are affected.

What is the severity of CVE-2022-21272?

The severity of CVE-2022-21272 is medium with a CVSS score of 6.1.

How can an attacker exploit this vulnerability?

An unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP can exploit this vulnerability.