CVE-2002-1252 — 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

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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

Published Sep 1, 2004

5.0

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.37%

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

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.37% 0.01373

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01373

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (11 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.37% (0.01373)	70.97th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.37% (0.01373)	68.31th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.42% (0.00424)	60.12th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.41% (0.00414)	74.84th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.41% (0.00414)	73.33th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Aug 9, 2023	0.41% (0.00414)	70.68th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.52% (0.00517)	73.14th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.14% (0.01136)	59.45th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Oct 18, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	58.28th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	56.27th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	34.23th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (3)

http://bvlive01.iss.net/issEn/delivery/xforce/alertdetail.jsp?oid=21811
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_ISSVendor Advisory
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10520.php
vdb-entryx_refsource_XFPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6647
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Link	Providers	Tags
http://bvlive01.iss.net/issEn/delivery/xforce/alertdetail.jsp?oid=21811		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_ISSVendor Advisory
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10520.php		vdb-entryx_refsource_XFPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6647		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Sep 1, 2004

Updated Aug 8, 2024

Reserved Nov 1, 2002

Link CVE-2002-1252

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2002-1252

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2002-1252