CVE-2023-21981 Information disclosure in PeopleSoft Enterprise PT PeopleTools

Medium 4.9 Published 18 Apr 2023 Updated 16 Sep 2024

High-privileged attackers can access critical PeopleSoft data via HTTP due to an Elastic Search vulnerability in 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-2023-21981?

CVE-2023-21981 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oracle Peoplesoft Enterprise Peopletools, published on 18 Apr 2023. 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: Elastic Search). Supported versions that are affected are 8.58, 8.59 and 8.60. 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 access to critical data or complete access to all PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 4.9 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N).

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-21981?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Oracle Peoplesoft Enterprise Peopletools.

How do I fix CVE-2023-21981?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-21981 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2023-21981 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-21981 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Oracle Peoplesoft Enterprise Peopletools vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-q53x-chgg-w9xp.