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CVE-2002-1252

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2003-02-07 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The Application Messaging Gateway for PeopleTools 8.1x before 8.19, as used in various PeopleSoft products, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via certain XML External Entities (XXE) fields in an HTTP POST request that is processed by the SimpleFileHandler handler.

Affected products

• Peoplesoft Peopletools: 8.14, 8.15, 8.16, 8.17, 8.18

References

• http://bvlive01.iss.net/issEn/delivery/xforce/alertdetail.jsp?oid=21811
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10520.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6647
• http://bvlive01.iss.net/issEn/delivery/xforce/alertdetail.jsp?oid=21811
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10520.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6647

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