Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools 8.60/8.61/8.62 PIA Core Technology out-of-bounds

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A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools 8.60/8.61/8.62. This impacts an unknown function of the component PIA Core Technology. Performing a manipulation results in Remote Code Execution. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2025-53055. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools 8.60/8.61/8.62. This affects an unknown code of the component PIA Core Technology. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a remote code execution vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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 unauthenticated 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 6.1 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N).

It is possible to read the advisory at oracle.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-53055 since 06/24/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. 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 10/22/2025).

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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