What is CVE-2017-3548?

CVE-2017-3548 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oracle Peoplesoft Enterprise Peopletools, classified under Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-04-24.

How severe is CVE-2017-3548?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2017-3548 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XXE in Oracle Peoplesoft Enterprise Peopletools

CVE-2017-3548

Vulnerability in the PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools component of Oracle PeopleSoft Products (subcomponent: Integration Broker). Supported versions that are affected are 8.54 and 8.55. Easily "exploitable" vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized read access to a subset of PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 6.5 (Confidentiality and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L).

Vulnerability class: XXE (XML External Entity)

Published 2017-04-24 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.508 (98.9th percentile), scored 2026-10-23.

High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 99th percentile — 98.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.508 · newest: 0.508 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Oracle Peoplesoft Enterprise Peopletools — versions 8.54, 8.55
Oracle Corporation Peoplesoft Enterprise Pt Peopletools — versions 8.54, 8.55

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-611 — Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41925/ (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit)
www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2017-3236618.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
www.securitytracker.com/id/1038301 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/97880 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
erpscan.io/advisories/erpscan-17-020-xxe-via-doctype-peoplesoft/ (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-3548?: CVE-2017-3548 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oracle Peoplesoft Enterprise Peopletools, classified under Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-04-24.
How severe is CVE-2017-3548?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-3548 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.