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Peoplesoft Enterprise Human Capital Management Human ResourcesApplication · Oracle

CVE-2023-21992

MEDIUM · 5.4 CVSS v3.1 Published 2023-04-18
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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60/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Remotely reachable Zero-click

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 · unedited
Vulnerability in the PeopleSoft Enterprise HCM Human Resources product of Oracle PeopleSoft (component: Administer Workforce). The supported version that is affected is 9.2. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise PeopleSoft Enterprise HCM Human Resources. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of PeopleSoft Enterprise HCM Human Resources accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of PeopleSoft Enterprise HCM Human Resources accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.4 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/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 confidence

A vulnerability in the Administer Workforce component of PeopleSoft Enterprise HCM version 9.2 allows authenticated low-privilege attackers with network access via HTTP to perform unauthorized read, insert, update, and delete operations on a subset of HR data.

MitigationApply the Oracle PeopleSoft Critical Patch Update addressing CVE-2023-21992. Until patched, restrict network access to PeopleSoft HTTP services to authorized users only and monitor for suspicious admin activity.

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
Peoplesoft Enterprise Human Capital Management Human ResourcesApplication
Affected:= 9.2

CVSS 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
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/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 checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Verify PeopleSoft HCM version
    Log into PeopleSoft Application Designer or check the system version information page (typically accessed via PeopleTools > About This Application) to confirm the exact installed version of PeopleSoft Enterprise HCM Human Resources.
    Affected if The installed version is exactly 9.2 (the only version listed as affected).
  2. Confirm Administer Workforce component is enabled
    Navigate to PeopleTools > Security > User Profile and verify if the Administer Workforce component ( Workforce Administration > Administer Workforce ) is available and accessible in the application menu structure.
    Affected if The Administer Workforce component is present and accessible to the application.
  3. Check network accessibility of HTTP services
    Review firewall rules, load balancer configurations, or network ACLs to determine if the PeopleSoft HTTP ports (typically port 80, 443, or custom ports) are accessible from untrusted networks or the public internet.
    Affected if HTTP services are exposed to untrusted or unauthenticated network paths.
  4. Review audit logs for unauthorized workforce data operations
    Access PeopleSoft Audit logs (PeopleTools > Security > Audit > Audit Install) and review transaction logs for the Administer Workforce component, specifically looking for INSERT, UPDATE, or DELETE operations performed by low-privilege users on HR data outside their normal scope.
    Affected if Audit logs show unauthorized or unexpected workforce data modifications by users with low privilege levels.

A user is affected if they are running PeopleSoft HCM version 9.2 with the Administer Workforce component accessible over network pathways that allow low-privilege authenticated attackers to reach it.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Apply the Oracle PeopleSoft Critical Patch Update addressing CVE-2023-21992. Until patched, restrict network access to PeopleSoft HTTP services to authorized users only and monitor for suspicious admin activity.

Fix this in Peoplesoft Enterprise Human Capital Management Human Resources Scoped from the published advisory
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