Resource exhaustion in Oracle Peoplesoft Enterprise Peopletools
CVE-2025-21545
Vulnerability in the PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools product of Oracle PeopleSoft (component: OpenSearch). Supported versions that are affected are 8.60 and 8.61. 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 ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.5 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).
Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.005 (41.6th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 42nd percentile — 41.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Oracle Peoplesoft Enterprise Peopletools — versions 8.60, 8.61
- Oracle Corporation Peoplesoft Enterprise Peopletools — versions 8.60, 8.61
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2025.html (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-21545?
- CVE-2025-21545 is a high-severity vulnerability in Oracle Peoplesoft Enterprise Peopletools, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2025-01-21.
- How severe is CVE-2025-21545?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.