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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2025-21545
CVE-2025-21545:
Oracle Peoplesoft Enterprise Peopletools vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
A vulnerability (CVE-2025-21545) was discovered in Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools' OpenSearch component, affecting versions 8.60 and 8.61. The vulnerability was disclosed on January 21, 2025, and allows unauthenticated attackers with network access via HTTP to compromise the system (Oracle Advisory, NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability is characterized by its ease of exploitation and requires no authentication or user interaction. It has been assigned a CVSS 3.1 Base Score of 7.5 (High) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H. The vulnerability is classified under CWE-770 (Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling) (NVD).
Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools, significantly impacting system availability (Oracle Advisory).
Mitigation and workarounds
Oracle has released patches for the affected versions (8.60 and 8.61) as part of the January 2025 Critical Patch Update. Organizations are strongly advised to apply these security patches without delay to address the vulnerability (Oracle Advisory).
Additional resources
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