CVE-2021-2455
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 · uneditedVulnerability in the PeopleSoft Enterprise HCM Shared Components product of Oracle PeopleSoft (component: Person Search). The supported version that is affected is 9.2. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise PeopleSoft Enterprise HCM Shared Components. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all PeopleSoft Enterprise HCM Shared Components accessible data as well as unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all PeopleSoft Enterprise HCM Shared Components accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.5 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N).
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 · high confidenceCVE-2021-2455 is a vulnerability in Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise HCM Shared Components' Person Search component affecting version 9.2. The flaw allows high-privileged attackers with network access via HTTP to create, delete, or modify critical data, and gain unauthorized access to sensitive HCM data.
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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= 9.2CVSS 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
- Privileges
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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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Identify PeopleSoft HCM installationLocate the PeopleSoft application installation directory or check for PeopleSoft services running on the system. Common paths include PS_HOME or /psoft/ directories. Use 'ps -ef' on Linux or check Services on Windows for PeopleSoft-related processes.Affected if PeopleSoft Enterprise HCM Shared Components version 9.2 is found installed on the system
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Confirm HCM Shared Components versionAccess the PeopleSoft Application Designer or use the version query utility. Navigate to PeopleTools > About This Page or check the PSVERSION table in the database. Look for the HCM Shared Components version entry.Affected if The reported version equals 9.2 exactly
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Verify Person Search component accessibilityLog into the PeopleSoft HCM application via the PIA (PeopleSoft Internet Architecture). Navigate to the Person Search component (typically under Workforce Monitoring or HCM menu structures). Confirm the component loads and is accessible with high-privileged credentials.Affected if Person Search component is accessible and responds to requests
If Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise HCM Shared Components version 9.2 is installed and the Person Search component is accessible via HTTP, the environment is affected by this vulnerability.
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 the relevant Oracle Critical Patch Update (CPU) for July 2021 that addresses this vulnerability, followed by thorough regression testing of the Person Search functionality to ensure no disruption to HCM operations.
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- Implementation12.0 h
- Testing12.0 h
- Review / QA4.0 h
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