SB2022072056 - Multiple vulnerabilities in PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools



SB2022072056 - Multiple vulnerabilities in PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools

Published: July 20, 2022 Updated: April 12, 2023

Security Bulletin ID SB2022072056
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 11
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

High 9% Medium 73% Low 18%
  • Low
  • Medium
  • High
  • Critical

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 11 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Improper input validation (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-21512)

The vulnerability allows a local privileged user to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the Integration Broker component in PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools. A local privileged user can exploit this vulnerability to gain access to sensitive information.


2) Improper input validation (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-21521)

The vulnerability allows a remote privileged user to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the XML Publisher component in PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools. A remote privileged user can exploit this vulnerability to gain access to sensitive information.


3) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-41182)

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of values passed as the `altField` option of the Datepicker widget. A remote attacker can inject and execute arbitrary JavaScript code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.


4) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-7656)

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data within the load() function. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted HTML code to the application and execute it in browser in security context of the affected website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.

PoC:

index.html:

<html>
<head>
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.8.3/jquery.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
    <div id="mydiv"></div>
    <script>
        $("#mydiv").load('inject.html #himom');
    </script>
</body>
</html>

inject.html:

<div id="himom"><script>alert('Arbitrary Code Execution');</script ></div>

5) Improper input validation (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-21520)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the Fluid Core component in PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools. A remote non-authenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability to read and manipulate data.


6) Infinite loop (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-23437)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop when parsing XML documents. A remote attacker can supply a specially crafted XML document, consume all available system resources and cause denial of service conditions.


7) Improper input validation (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-31684)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within indexOf() function of JSONParserByteArray. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


8) Incorrect Regular Expression (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-24729)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform regular expression denial of service attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in CKEditor 4 dialog plugin. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) attack.


9) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-25032)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input when compressing data. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application, trigger memory corruption and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


10) Out-of-bounds write (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-36518)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing untrusted input. A remote attacker can trigger out-of-bounds write and cause a denial of service condition on the target system.


11) Improper input validation (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-21543)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the Updates Environment Mgmt component in PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools. A remote non-authenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.