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CVE-2018-2821: Vulnerability in the PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools component of Oracle PeopleSoft Products (subcomponen...

Vulnerability in the PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools component of Oracle PeopleSoft Products (subcomponent: Rich Text Editor). Supported versions that are affected are 8.54, 8.55 and 8.56. 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).

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CVE-2018-2821 affects Oracle PeopleSoft PeopleTools Rich Text Editor. An unauthenticated attacker with HTTP access could compromise PeopleTools if a user interacts with malicious content. The expected impact is limited confidentiality and integrity loss, not outage, but business data inside PeopleSoft may be read or changed. Exposure is most likely where PeopleSoft PeopleTools 8.54, 8.55, or 8.56 is reachable over HTTP, especially from untrusted networks. Systems not running those versions are not identified as affected in the supplied sources. Treat this as a moderate-priority remediation item. It requires user interaction and has no supplied active-exploitation evidence, but it can affect PeopleSoft data confidentiality and integrity. Internet-facing or broadly accessible deployments should move ahead of isolated internal systems. Mitigation focus: Review Oracle April 2018 Critical Patch Update guidance for CVE-2018-2821.; Patch or upgrade affected PeopleTools versions according to Oracle guidance.; Restrict HTTP access to PeopleSoft interfaces to trusted users and networks..

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Oracle CorporationPeopleSoft Enterprise PT PeopleTools8.54, 8.55, 8.56Listed
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