CVE-2022-21481 Cross-site scripting in PeopleSoft Enterprise FIN Cash Management

Medium 5.4 Published 19 Apr 2022 Updated 24 Sep 2024

Low-privileged attackers can exploit this vulnerability to read and modify data in PeopleSoft Financial Gateway via HTTP, requiring user interaction.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: A user has to click or open something
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2022-21481?

CVE-2022-21481 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Oracle Peoplesoft Enterprise, published on 19 Apr 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Vulnerability in the PeopleSoft Enterprise FIN Cash Management product of Oracle PeopleSoft (component: Financial Gateway). The supported version that is affected is 9.2. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise PeopleSoft Enterprise FIN Cash Management. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker and while the vulnerability is in PeopleSoft Enterprise FIN Cash Management, attacks may significantly impact additional products (scope change). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of PeopleSoft Enterprise FIN Cash Management accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of PeopleSoft Enterprise FIN Cash Management accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.4 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N).

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-21481?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Oracle Peoplesoft Enterprise.

How do I fix CVE-2022-21481?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-21481 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2022-21481 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-21481 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-pr27-3vrp-7435.