CVE-2021-2151 Missing authorization in PeopleSoft Enterprise PT PeopleTools
High-privileged attackers can modify or delete critical data, read sensitive information, and cause denial of service in PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools.
- 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-2021-2151?
CVE-2021-2151 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Oracle Peoplesoft Enterprise, published on 22 Apr 2021. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Vulnerability in the PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools product of Oracle PeopleSoft (component: Security). Supported versions that are affected are 8.56, 8.57 and 8.58. 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 unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.7 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H).
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-2151?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Oracle Peoplesoft Enterprise.
How do I fix CVE-2021-2151?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-2151 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2021-2151 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-2151 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Oracle Peoplesoft Enterprise
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9qww-r9f3-xq5m.