Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools 8.60/8.61 Panel Processor improper authorization

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A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools 8.60/8.61. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Panel Processor. Performing a manipulation results in improper authorization. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2025-21530. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools 8.60/8.61. This affects some unknown functionality of the component Panel Processor. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authorization vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-285. The product does not perform or incorrectly performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Vulnerability in the PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools product of Oracle PeopleSoft (component: Panel Processor). Supported versions that are affected are 8.60 and 8.61. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized read access to a subset of PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 4.3 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N).

It is possible to read the advisory at oracle.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-21530 since 12/25/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 03/14/2025). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1548.002 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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• Enterprise Resource Planning Software

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• Oracle

Name

• PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools

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• 8.60
• 8.61

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• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.oracle.com

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