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Oracle Email Center CVE-2026-101671

| EUVDEUVD-2026-106075 MEDIUM
Improper Access Control (CWE-284)
2026-10-20 secalert_us@oracle.com GHSA-3rxc-8pvv-x3m4
6.1
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: oracle
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Craft malicious payload for Message Component
  2. Delivery
    Deliver link/message to Email Center user
  3. Exploit
    Victim interacts with crafted content
  4. Execution
    Injected script executes in victim session
  5. Impact
    Unauthorized read/update across EBS scope

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Access control enforcement
MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique across 1 tactic: Defense Evasion

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires a victim user - someone other than the attacker - to interact with attacker-supplied content delivered to the Oracle Email Center Message Component over HTTP (UI:R in the vector); it cannot fire autonomously or server-side. The attacker needs no authentication or privileges (PR:N) and only network reachability to the Email Center HTTP interface. Limiting factors: the mandatory human interaction, the low confidentiality/integrity impact (partial read and partial update/insert/delete only, no availability impact), and that only Oracle Email Center 12.2.3 through 12.2.15 deployments with the Message Component in use are affected. The scope change means injected content may reach additional Oracle EBS products beyond Email Center.

Impact

This is a moderate-severity (CVSS 3.1 6.1) issue whose vector - AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - is the canonical signature of a cross-site scripting / content-injection flaw rather than a direct server compromise: no privileges are required but successful attack depends on human interaction (UI:R) from a victim other than the attacker, limiting it to low confidentiality and integrity impact with no availability impact. The scope change (S:C) is the one escalating factor, indicating injected content can affect other Oracle EBS products beyond Email Center, which is why Oracle rates it above a bare XSS. No EPSS score, CISA KEV listing, POC, or SSVC data was provided, so exploitation likelihood cannot be quantified from the input; absence of these is not evidence of safety but means prioritization must rest on the vector alone. The UI:R requirement and low technical impact make this a real-but-not-urgent patch item - prioritize behind any unauthenticated, no-interaction RCE in the same Oracle October 2026 CPU. Note the input 'Authentication Bypass' tag conflicts with the vulnerability's actual XSS-style behavior; treat that tag as unreliable.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An unauthenticated attacker crafts a malicious link or message payload targeting the Oracle Email Center Message Component and lures an authenticated Email Center user into opening it over HTTP. When the victim interacts with the crafted content, injected script executes in their session context and, due to the scope change, can affect data or UI in additional connected Oracle E-Business Suite products. No public exploit identified at time of analysis.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
No patch listed yet 0.3% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Oct 21, 2026

Content injection in Oracle Email Center's Message Component (Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2.3 through 12.2.15) allows unauthenticated, network-based attackers to trick a victim into interacting with attacker-supplied content over HTTP, yielding partial read and update/insert/delete access to Email Center data (CVSS 3.1 6.1). The scope change (S:C) means injected content may affect additional Oracle EBS products, but confidentiality and integrity impacts are low and availability is unaffected. No public exploit code or confirmed active exploitation was identified at time of analysis.

RemediationAI

Apply the Oracle Critical Patch Update (CPU) October 2026 fixes for Oracle E-Business Suite Email Center; the advisory at https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2026.html lists the supported 12.2.3-12.2.15 patches (patch status: available per vendor advisory). If patching must be delayed, restrict network access to the Email Center HTTP interface to trusted networks and users, deploy web application firewall rules to block script or active content in message submissions, and consider disabling the Message Component if it is not business-critical-accepting the trade-off of lost messaging functionality. Because exploitation requires victim interaction (UI:R), user awareness and email/message caution reduce risk but do not replace the vendor fix.

Affected VersionsENISA

Oracle Email Center 12.2.3 ≤12.2.15

Affected Packages

euvd oracle_email_center no fix

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

Oracle E-Business Suite's Email Center is an integrated email and message-handling module; the Message Component renders and processes message content over HTTP. The CVSS vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N indicates a remotely reachable, low-complexity flaw that requires no authentication but mandates victim interaction (UI:R), with a scope change (S:C) because the vulnerable Email Center component and the impacted resource may belong to different security authorities-classic for cross-site scripting/content injection where attacker-controlled markup escapes into a page consumed by another user. The CWE is not provided, but the root-cause class is likely improper neutralization of user-controllable input in message rendering, enabling script execution or content spoofing in the victim's browser context. Only the Message Component within the stated 12.2.3-12.2.15 range is affected.

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Severity by source

Vendor (oracle) PRIMARY 6.1 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
vuln.today AI 6.1 MEDIUM

Unauthenticated network HTTP delivery (AV:N/PR:N) but victim interaction is required (UI:R); injected content crosses into other EBS products (S:C) with only partial confidentiality and integrity impact.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (oracle).

CVSS VectorVendor: oracle

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

DescriptionCVE.org

Vulnerability in the Oracle Email Center product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: Message Component). Supported versions that are affected are 12.2.3-12.2.15. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Email Center. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker and while the vulnerability is in Oracle Email Center, 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 Oracle Email Center accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle Email Center 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).

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 84% exploitable
Prevalence
Medium
Oracle EBS is common in enterprises, but Email Center is a specific optional module
Data Quality
4 sources
Confidence: Medium

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.3%
Patch available No
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation· derived
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable· derived
No
Human Impact· derived
Medium

Priority Score

30
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +30
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.

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