CVE-2024-21286
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 ELM Enterprise Learning Management product of Oracle PeopleSoft (component: Enterprise Learning Management). 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 ELM Enterprise Learning Management. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker and while the vulnerability is in PeopleSoft Enterprise ELM Enterprise Learning Management, attacks may significantly impact additional products (scope change). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of PeopleSoft Enterprise ELM Enterprise Learning Management accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of PeopleSoft Enterprise ELM Enterprise Learning Management 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:R/S:C/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 · moderate confidenceA vulnerability in PeopleSoft Enterprise ELM version 9.2 allows a low-privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to achieve unauthorized read and write (insert/update/delete) access to a subset of the application's data. The attack requires human interaction and may impact additional products due to scope change.
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= 9.2CVSS 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
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/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 checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm PeopleSoft Enterprise ELM is installedCheck your application inventory or look for PeopleSoft components related to Enterprise Learning Management (ELM) in your environmentAffected if The system runs PeopleSoft Enterprise ELM version 9.2
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Verify the exact ELM version numberAccess the PeopleSoft About page or check the installed software version through the PeopleSoft Installation Navigator, or query the PSVERSION table for the ELM product versionAffected if The installed version is exactly 9.2 (the affected version is version = 9.2, meaning only this specific version)
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Determine if HTTP endpoints are network-accessibleCheck network exposure of ELM web interfaces. Verify if the PeopleSoft HTTP/ICS listeners are exposed to untrusted networks or the public internet rather than being restricted to internal networksAffected if ELM HTTP endpoints are accessible from untrusted network locations (the CVE requires network access via HTTP)
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Review Enterprise Learning Management component permissionsCheck user role assignments and permission lists granted to low-privileged users for the Enterprise Learning Management component in PeopleSoft Security configurationAffected if Low-privileged users have been granted any permissions to the ELM component (the attack allows unauthorized access to ELM data)
Your environment is affected only if you are running PeopleSoft Enterprise ELM version exactly 9.2 AND have HTTP endpoints network-accessible AND low-privileged users have any ELM permissions.
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.
dbcve · scopedApply the relevant Oracle patch for PeopleSoft Enterprise ELM 9.2. If no patch is immediately available, restrict network access to the ELM HTTP endpoints and review user permissions for the Enterprise Learning Management component.
Apply latest Oracle Critical Patch Update (CPU) - check January 2025 CPU or later for this specific CVE fix
- 1. Subscribe to Oracle Critical Patch Updates to receive security notifications at https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/
- 2. Apply the latest Oracle Critical Patch Update (CPU) for PeopleSoft products. For CVE-2024-21286, this was addressed in the January 2025 CPU or later.
- 3. After applying the CPU patch, verify the fix by checking the Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise ELM component version or by reviewing the CPU advisory for confirmation that CVE-2024-21286 is addressed.
- 4. Test the Enterprise Learning Management module in a non-production environment to ensure normal functionality after patching.
- 5. Deploy the patched update to production following your organization's change management process.
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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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.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2024-21286 in production — separate from our analysis above.
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