CVE-2025-53061
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedVulnerability 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).
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceThis is an authenticated vulnerability in Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools PIA (PeopleSoft Internet Architecture) Core Technology. A high-privileged attacker with network access via HTTP can achieve unauthorized read, insert, update, or delete access to a subset of PeopleSoft data. The changed scope indicates the attack may impact additional products beyond the primary PeopleSoft installation.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data>= 8.60, <= 8.62CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify installed PeopleTools versionAccess the PeopleSoft About page (typically /psp/ps/ABOUT) or check the version via SQL query on PSVERSION table (select * from PSVERSION where OBJECTTYPENAME = 'APPSERVER'). Alternatively, check the PS_HOME directory or installation logs for the tools version file.Affected if The version is >= 8.60 and <= 8.62 (for example, 8.60.00 through 8.62.x)
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Confirm PIA (PeopleSoft Internet Architecture) is deployedCheck if the PIA web application server is running. Look for the web profile configuration in PeopleSoft (navigation: PeopleTools > Web Profile > Web Profile Configuration). Verify that PIA domains are active.Affected if PIA is deployed and the web profile is active, exposing HTTP/HTTPS listeners for PeopleSoft applications
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Verify network exposure of PIA interfacesReview network firewall rules and web server configuration (typically Apache Web Server or IBM HTTP Server in front of PIA) to determine if PIA ports (commonly 80, 443, 8000-9000) are accessible from untrusted networks.Affected if PIA HTTP listeners are reachable from networks outside the trusted internal network
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Check for high-privileged user accountsQuery the PeopleSoft PSOPRDEFN table for accounts with high-privilege roles such as 'PeopleSoft Administrator', 'Security Administrator', or roles with access to sensitive data (select OPRID, ROLEUSER from PSOPRDEFN where ACCTLOCK = 0).Affected if High-privileged accounts exist in the system (this is required for the authenticated attack vector)
Your environment is affected if you are running PeopleTools version 8.60 through 8.62, have PIA exposed over HTTP/HTTPS to network users, and high-privileged accounts are present.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataApply the Oracle Critical Patch Update (CPU) for CVE-2025-53061 when released. Until then, restrict network access to PeopleSoft Internet Architecture interfaces to trusted sources only, and ensure high-privileged accounts adhere to least-privilege principles.
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