Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools 8.60/8.61/8.62 PIA Core Technology access control

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A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools 8.60/8.61/8.62. The affected element is an unknown function of the component PIA Core Technology. The manipulation results in privilege escalation. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-53061. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools 8.60/8.61/8.62. Affected is an unknown functionality of the component PIA Core Technology. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privilege escalation vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Vulnerability in the PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools product of Oracle PeopleSoft (component: PIA Core Technology). Supported versions that are affected are 8.60, 8.61 and 8.62. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools. While the vulnerability is in PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools, attacks may significantly impact additional products (scope change). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.5 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N).

The advisory is shared for download at oracle.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-53061 since 06/24/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are necessary for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 10/22/2025). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

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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
• 8.62

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.oracle.com

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