# CVE-2018-2869: Information disclosure in Human Resources

> Unauthenticated attackers can read sensitive Human Resources data via HTTP in Oracle E-Business Suite.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 19 Apr 2018
- **Updated:** 3 Oct 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2c47-2hjq-x2f9

## What is CVE-2018-2869?

CVE-2018-2869 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oracle Corporation Human Resources, published on 19 Apr 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Vulnerability in the Oracle Human Resources component of Oracle E-Business Suite (subcomponent: General Utilities). Supported versions that are affected are 12.1.1, 12.1.2, 12.1.3, 12.2.3, 12.2.4, 12.2.5, 12.2.6 and 12.2.7. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Human Resources. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle Human Resources accessible data. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 5.3 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N).

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-2869?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Oracle Human Resources.

## How do I fix CVE-2018-2869?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-2869 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2018-2869 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-2869 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Oracle Corporation Human Resources

- [CVE-2020-2586](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-2586/): Missing authorization in Human Resources (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2020-2587](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-2587/): Missing authorization in Human Resources (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2018-2870](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-2870/): Missing authorization in Human Resources (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2018-2871](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-2871/): Missing authorization in Human Resources (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2026-62468](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-62468/): Missing authorization in Oracle Human Resources (high 8.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-2869 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2018-2869 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oracle Corporation Human Resources, published on 19 Apr 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-2869 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Oracle Corporation Human Resources. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-2869/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-2869/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-2869
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-2869
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-2869

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