Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools 8.59/8.60/8.61 Query improper authorization

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools 8.59/8.60/8.61. This affects an unknown part of the component Query. Such manipulation leads to improper authorization. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2024-21214. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools 8.59/8.60/8.61 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Query. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authorization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-285. The product does not perform or incorrectly performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Vulnerability in the PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools product of Oracle PeopleSoft (component: Query). Supported versions that are affected are 8.59, 8.60 and 8.61. 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 creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools accessible data as well as unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 8.1 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N).

The advisory is shared for download at oracle.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-21214 since 12/07/2023. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 10/18/2024). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1548.002.

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• Enterprise Resource Planning Software

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• Oracle

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• PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools

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• 8.59
• 8.60
• 8.61

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.oracle.com

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