CVE-2018-2970 Information disclosure in PeopleSoft Enterprise PT PeopleTools

Medium 4.3 Published 18 Jul 2018 Updated 2 Oct 2024

A low-privileged attacker can exploit the PIA Search Functionality to gain unauthorized read access to a subset of PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools data.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2018-2970?

CVE-2018-2970 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oracle Peoplesoft Enterprise Peopletools, published on 18 Jul 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Vulnerability in the PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools component of Oracle PeopleSoft Products (subcomponent: PIA Search Functionality). Supported versions that are affected are 8.55 and 8.56. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized read access to a subset of PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools accessible data. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 4.3 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N).

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-2970?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Oracle Peoplesoft Enterprise Peopletools.

How do I fix CVE-2018-2970?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-2970 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2018-2970 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-2970 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Oracle Peoplesoft Enterprise Peopletools vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-4f6g-5j2m-r93v.