Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools 8.60/8.61/8.62 Rich Text Editor improper authorization

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A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools 8.60/8.61/8.62. This affects an unknown function of the component Rich Text Editor. Such manipulation leads to improper authorization. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2025-53048. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools 8.60/8.61/8.62. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component Rich Text Editor. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authorization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Vulnerability in the PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools product of Oracle PeopleSoft (component: Rich Text Editor). Supported versions that are affected are 8.60, 8.61 and 8.62. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker and 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 5.4 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N).

The advisory is available at oracle.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-53048 since 06/24/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/22/2025). This vulnerability is assigned to T1548.002 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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• Enterprise Resource Planning Software

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• Oracle

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• 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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