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Oracle Commerce EUVDEUVD-2026-47356

| CVE-2026-61148 HIGH
Improper Access Control (CWE-284)
2026-07-21 secalert_us@oracle.com GHSA-5vqp-c84m-r3vw
8.8
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
    Obtain low-privileged Oracle Commerce account
  2. Delivery
    Reach Experience Manager over HTTP
  3. Exploit
    Send crafted request to vulnerable component
  4. Execution
    Escalate privileges within Experience Manager
  5. Impact
    Full takeover of Guided Search / Experience Manager

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 network access to the Experience Manager component over HTTP plus a valid low-privileged account on Oracle Commerce Guided Search / Experience Manager 11.4.0 (CVSS PR:L - authenticated, not anonymous). No user interaction is required (UI:N) and attack complexity is low (AC:L), so a single authenticated actor can trigger it directly against a reachable instance. The primary limiting factors are the authentication requirement (an attacker must first hold or obtain a low-privilege credential) and the specific affected version 11.4.0; the exact vulnerable feature, protocol setting, or deployment mode within Experience Manager is not detailed in the vendor data and should be confirmed against Oracle's July 2026 CPU advisory.

Impact

The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H, 8.8) signals a genuinely serious, easily exploitable issue: network reachable over HTTP, low attack complexity, no user interaction, and only low privileges required, with full high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. However, PR:L means it is NOT unauthenticated - an attacker needs some existing low-level account, which meaningfully limits mass, opportunistic exploitation. No EPSS score, SSVC decision, POC, or KEV data was provided, so exploitation probability cannot be quantified; there is no public exploit identified and no evidence of active exploitation at time of analysis. One tension to flag: the vendor 'Information Disclosure' tag understates the vector, which asserts full integrity and availability impact and 'takeover' - treat this as a takeover-class flaw, not merely disclosure. Overall this is a real patch priority for organizations running Oracle Commerce, tempered by the authentication requirement and the absence of known in-the-wild exploitation.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker who has obtained a low-privileged Oracle Commerce account (for example a merchandiser or content-editor login, or reused/leaked credentials) sends crafted HTTP requests to the Experience Manager component. Because attack complexity is low and no user interaction is needed, the requests escalate the attacker's access to full control of Guided Search / Experience Manager, allowing theft or manipulation of catalog/content data and disruption of the service. No public proof-of-concept has been identified at time of analysis.

This Week Schedule remediation this week. Why: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9).
No patch listed yet 0.3% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Jul 22, 2026

Privilege escalation to full takeover in Oracle Commerce Guided Search / Experience Manager 11.4.0 lets a low-privileged attacker with HTTP network access compromise the Experience Manager component, yielding high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. Rated CVSS 3.1 8.8 and reported through Oracle's coordinated disclosure (July 2026 CPU), with no public exploit identified at time of analysis and no CISA KEV listing. Any authenticated user of the affected component can potentially seize control of the entire product instance.

RemediationAI

Apply the fixes delivered in Oracle's July 2026 Critical Patch Update (https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2026.html), which is the vendor-released remediation channel for this CVE; consult that advisory for the exact patch/bundle applicable to Oracle Commerce Guided Search / Experience Manager 11.4.0, as no discrete fixed version string was included in the provided data (patch available per vendor advisory). Because exploitation requires a low-privileged account, interim compensating controls include restricting network access to the Experience Manager and Workbench HTTP endpoints to trusted administrative networks or VPN only, tightening and auditing which accounts hold Experience Manager access, and revoking or rotating low-privilege credentials that no longer need it - with the trade-off that locking down endpoints may disrupt legitimate content authors and merchandisers. These are stopgaps only; prioritize applying the CPU patch, since the vulnerability permits full component takeover.

Affected VersionsENISA

Oracle Commerce Guided Search / Oracle Commerce Experience Manager 11.4.0

Affected Packages

euvd oracle_commerce_guided_search_oracle_commerce_experience_manager no fix

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

Checking this CVE against your own stacks and servers is part of the Basic plan and up.

Technical ContextAI · show details

Oracle Commerce Guided Search (formerly Endeca) and its Experience Manager module provide faceted search, navigation, and merchandising/content-authoring for large-scale e-commerce sites, exposed over HTTP-based application and workbench services. The flaw resides specifically in the Experience Manager component of version 11.4.0. Oracle publishes no CWE for this issue (CWE: N/A in the input), so the exact root-cause class cannot be confirmed; the vendor's 'Information Disclosure' tag combined with full C/I/A impact and 'takeover' language suggests an access-control or injection weakness that lets a low-privileged authenticated user escalate to full component control rather than a mere read-only disclosure. No CPE strings were supplied in the intelligence, so affected configurations are identified only by the vendor's named product/version.

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Severity by source

Vendor (oracle) PRIMARY 8.8 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
vuln.today AI 8.8 HIGH

Network HTTP access with low complexity and no interaction, but a low-privileged account is required (PR:L); full component takeover justifies C:H/I:H/A:H with unchanged scope.

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

Primary rating from Vendor (oracle).

CVSS VectorVendor: oracle

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

DescriptionCVE.org

Vulnerability in the Oracle Commerce Guided Search / Oracle Commerce Experience Manager product of Oracle Commerce (component: Experience Manager). The supported version that is affected is 11.4.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Commerce Guided Search / Oracle Commerce Experience Manager. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle Commerce Guided Search / Oracle Commerce Experience Manager. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 8.8 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

Executive ViewAI

Why It Matters

Any employee or contractor with legitimate access to Oracle Commerce Experience Manager 11.4.0 can exploit a critical privilege escalation flaw to seize complete system control, directly threatening e-commerce availability and customer data security. The absence of a vendor patch creates an immediate risk requiring urgent containment and isolation measures.

Business Impact: High
Compensating Controls

No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis. Deploy compensating controls immediately: restrict HTTP network access to Experience Manager via firewalls and IP whitelisting; tighten authentication controls and minimize privileged account scope; implement Web Application Firewall rules to detect exploitation attempts; intensify monitoring of authentication and system activity logs; evaluate disabling Experience Manager component if operationally feasible.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 75% exploitable
Prevalence
Medium
enterprise e-commerce platform (former Endeca), significant but not universal footprint
Data Quality
5 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 HIGH
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.3%
Patch available No
Active threat No
Deciding rule
HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9)
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
Scheduled
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
No
Human Impact
High
Technical Impact
Total

Priority Score

44
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +44
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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