CVE-2018-3130

CVE-2018-3130 affects Oracle PeopleSoft Products, specifically the PeopleSoft Enterprise Interaction Hub component (subcomponent: Application Portal) with affected version 9.1.0.0. The vulnerability enables a low-privileged, network-accessible attacker over HTTP to compromise data via unauthorize...

CVE-2018-3129

The CVE-2018-3129 entry concerns Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools Portal (PeopleTools component). Affected products/versions are PeopleSoft Portal, versions 8.55, 8.56 and 8.57. The vulnerability allows an unauthenticated, network-accessible attacker to exploit over HTTP, with user intera...

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