CVE-2018-3165 Auth bypass in PeopleSoft Enterprise PT PeopleTools

High 7.2 Published 17 Oct 2018 Updated 2 Oct 2024

High-privileged attackers can compromise PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools via HTTP, leading to full system takeover.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: An administrator
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2018-3165?

CVE-2018-3165 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Oracle Peoplesoft Enterprise Peopletools, published on 17 Oct 2018. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Vulnerability in the PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools component of Oracle PeopleSoft Products (subcomponent: SQR). Supported versions that are affected are 8.55 and 8.56. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 7.2 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-3165?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Oracle Peoplesoft Enterprise Peopletools.

How do I fix CVE-2018-3165?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-3165 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.

Is CVE-2018-3165 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-3165 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-7xq5-779r-5w67.