CVE-2013-3784
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedUnspecified vulnerability in the PeopleSoft Enterprise HRMS component in Oracle PeopleSoft Products 9.1 allows remote authenticated users to affect confidentiality and integrity via unknown vectors Time and Labor.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceUnspecified vulnerability in Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise HRMS 9.1 Time and Labor component allows remote authenticated users to affect confidentiality and integrity. The vulnerability requires authentication and targets the Time and Labor module specifically.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 9.1CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Authentication
- Single
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- None
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm PeopleSoft Enterprise HRMS versionAccess the PeopleSoft Enterprise admin console or check the installed PeopleSoft version. Navigate to PeopleTools > About PeopleTools or check the system version information page.Affected if The installed version is exactly 9.1 (9.1.0)
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Verify Time and Labor module is presentCheck if the Time and Labor component is installed and enabled in the PeopleSoft system. Navigate to Enterprise Components > Time and Labor or check component registry.Affected if Time and Labor module is installed and accessible in the PeopleSoft HRMS 9.1 environment
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Confirm authentication is enabled for Time and LaborReview the Time and Labor module security settings and authentication configuration. Check if the module accepts remote authenticated connections.Affected if Remote authentication is configured and users can log in to access the Time and Labor component
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Assess network accessibility of Time and LaborDetermine if the Time and Labor web component is exposed to network access. Check the web server configuration for PeopleSoft applications.Affected if The Time and Labor module is accessible over the network to authenticated users
A system is affected if it runs Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise HRMS version 9.1 with the Time and Labor component installed and accessible to authenticated remote users.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataApply Oracle Critical Patch Update (CPU) containing the fix for CVE-2013-3784. Until patch application, limit access to Time and Labor module to essential personnel only and monitor for unauthorized access attempts.
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- Review / QA4.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2013-3784 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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