PeopleSoft XML External Entity Remote File Disclosure Vulnerability

BID:6647

Info

PeopleSoft XML External Entity Remote File Disclosure Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 6647
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2002-1252
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jan 20 2003 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 11 2009 07:17PM
Credit: This vulnerability was announced in an ISS advisory.
Vulnerable: PeopleSoft PeopleTools 8.19
PeopleSoft PeopleTools 8.18
PeopleSoft PeopleTools 8.17
PeopleSoft PeopleTools 8.16
PeopleSoft PeopleTools 8.15
PeopleSoft PeopleTools 8.14
Not Vulnerable: PeopleSoft PeopleTools 8.19
PeopleSoft PeopleTools 8.4

Discussion

PeopleSoft XML External Entity Remote File Disclosure Vulnerability

A vulnerability has been discovered in the PeopleSoft Application Messaging Gateway. The problem occurs in the Gateway Administration servlet and can be exploited to obtain the contents of an arbitrary file.

This issue occurs due to invalid sanitization of user-supplied XML data in certain POST requests to the Gateway Administration servlet. By including an XML external entity, it may be possible for an attacker to make the server disclose a files contents within the servers response.

Information obtained through the exploitation of this vulnerability may aid an attacker in launching further attacks against a target server. It has been reported that under certain circumstances it may be possible to open arbitrary TCP connections through the affected servlet.

Exploit / POC

PeopleSoft XML External Entity Remote File Disclosure Vulnerability

Currently we are not aware of any exploits for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

Solution / Fix

PeopleSoft XML External Entity Remote File Disclosure Vulnerability

Solution:
PeopleSoft has announced the release date of PeopleTools 8.19 which addresses this issue. Futher information regarding this package can be obtained from the PeopleSoft website.

References

PeopleSoft XML External Entity Remote File Disclosure Vulnerability

References:

© CVE.report 2026

Use of this information constitutes acceptance for use in an AS IS condition. There are NO warranties, implied or otherwise, with regard to this information or its use. Any use of this information is at the user's risk. It is the responsibility of user to evaluate the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any information, opinion, advice or other content. EACH USER WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY consequences of his or her direct or indirect use of this web site. ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND ARE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED. This site will NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT or any other kind of loss.

CVE, CWE, and OVAL are registred trademarks of The MITRE Corporation and the authoritative source of CVE content is MITRE's CVE web site. This site includes MITRE data granted under the following license.

Free CVE JSON API cve.report/api

CVE.report and Source URL Uptime Status status.cve.report