Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessAuthenticate as low-privileged Siebel user
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DeliveryInject crafted payload into Open UI field
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ExploitVictim user opens affected record
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ExecutionPayload executes in victim browser session
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ImpactPerform limited read and unauthorized data modification
Vulnerability Assessment
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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 the attacker to hold a valid low-privileged authenticated account on the Siebel CRM End User application (PR:L) and to deliver a payload via the Open UI component over HTTP. Critically, it also requires human interaction from a different user (UI:R) - a second person must view or interact with the attacker-supplied content for the attack to succeed, which executes in that victim's session and crosses a security scope (S:C) to affect additional products. Limiting factors: no impact without a victim taking the bait, credentialed access is needed up front, and only partial read plus limited insert/update/delete are achievable (no availability impact). Affected deployments are Siebel CRM End User versions 17.0 through 26.9 running the Open UI component. |
| Impact | This is a moderate-severity (CVSS 3.1 base 5.4), not a top-tier emergency. The vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N) describes a network-reachable, low-complexity flaw that nonetheless requires BOTH an authenticated low-privileged session (PR:L) AND human interaction from a victim other than the attacker (UI:R) - the classic signature of a stored/reflected cross-site-scripting-style issue in Oracle's web UIs, not a direct unauthenticated compromise. The limited, partial Confidentiality and Integrity impact (C:L/I:L) with no Availability impact, combined with the scope change (S:C) indicating the injected content executes in a victim's browser against other products/sessions, reinforces an XSS-type read/write-via-victim model rather than server-side code execution. No EPSS score, no CISA KEV listing, and no public POC were provided, so there is no signal of active or imminent exploitation - exploitation status is 'no public exploit identified at time of analysis.' The dual prerequisites (valid low-priv credentials plus a tricked second user) meaningfully lower real-world risk below what the 'network, low-complexity' metrics alone might suggest. Note a TAG CONFLICT: the input tag 'Authentication Bypass' contradicts the CVSS vector, which explicitly requires privileges (PR:L) and victim interaction (UI:R) - this is almost certainly not an authentication bypass; verify categorization with the Oracle CPU advisory. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A low-privileged but authenticated Siebel CRM user injects a malicious payload into a field rendered by the Open UI component. When a higher-value user (e.g., an administrator or another operator) later views that record, the payload executes in their browser session, letting the attacker read a subset of data and perform limited unauthorized insert/update/delete actions in the victim's context. No public exploit code is known at time of analysis, and success depends on luring or waiting for a second human to view the crafted content. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 21, 2026
Oracle Siebel CRM's Open UI component (End User, versions 17.0 through 26.9) mishandles attacker-supplied content in a way that lets a low-privileged authenticated user cause unauthorized reads and limited insert/update/delete changes to data visible to a different user, with the impact crossing a security scope boundary into other products. Exploitation is over HTTP, requires a valid low-privileged Siebel account, and critically depends on a second user interacting with the crafted content in their own session (UI:R). No public exploit code or confirmed active exploitation was identified at time of analysis; Oracle addresses the issue in its October 2026 Critical Patch Update.
RemediationAI
Apply Oracle's Critical Patch Update for October 2026 to Siebel CRM End User installations in the 17.0 through 26.9 range; the patch and the definitive list of affected component versions are published at https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2026.html, and because Oracle CPUs are cumulative, applying the October 2026 (or later) CPU level on the applicable Siebel Server and web-tier components is the primary fix. Since exploitation requires a valid low-privileged account plus a victim's interaction, interim risk reduction centers on shrinking the attacker population and the interaction surface: audit Siebel responsibilities, positions, and catalogs to remove unnecessary low-privileged accounts and to restrict which users can author or post content into Open UI views that other users routinely open (trade-off: tighter responsibility design can break legitimate workflows and requires catalog/position regression testing); enforce least privilege so no account can reach Open UI screens beyond its business need; and consider a Content-Security-Policy on the Siebel web tier to limit script execution in the browser (trade-off: an over-restrictive CSP can break Open UI's own JavaScript and third-party integrations and requires staged rollout). Monitoring for anomalous content submissions by low-privileged users and user awareness for the human-interaction prerequisite complement, but do not replace, patching. Note that no exact patched build number beyond the October 2026 CPU is provided in the available data.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
Siebel CRM Open UI is Oracle's browser-based web client for Siebel CRM, rendering applets, views, and list screens as HTML/JavaScript and exchanging data with the Siebel Server and related tiers over HTTP rather than through the legacy ActiveX high-interactivity client. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N) is the textbook signature of client-side content handling weakness: a low-privileged authenticated user supplies content through an Open UI surface, and that content is subsequently rendered or acted upon inside another user's authenticated browser session, which is why a scope change (S:C) is scored - the resulting behavior can affect components and products beyond the vulnerable Siebel End User application itself. No CWE identifier was supplied, so the precise root-cause class (for example improper neutralization of input during web page generation versus a related output-handling defect) is not confirmed from the available data; the description frames it as 'easily exploitable,' and the impacts are bounded to partial confidentiality and partial integrity with no availability effect. Because the vector carries PR:L and UI:R, the barrier is twofold: the attacker must already hold a working low-privileged account, and a victim must take the bait in a separate session before any data manipulation occurs.
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Authenticated low-priv attacker (PR:L) injects over HTTP (AV:N/AC:L); a second victim must interact (UI:R); payload crosses scope (S:C) with partial C/I and no availability impact.
Primary rating from Vendor (oracle).
CVSS VectorVendor: oracle
DescriptionCVE.org
Vulnerability in the Siebel CRM End User product of Oracle Siebel CRM (component: Open UI). Supported versions that are affected are 17.0-26.9. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Siebel CRM End User. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker and while the vulnerability is in Siebel CRM End User, 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 Siebel CRM End User accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of Siebel CRM End User accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.4 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N).
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
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Attack Technique
Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.
EUVD-2026-106643
GHSA-wm3r-4m4m-3794
NVD
CVE.org
EPSS
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