Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessReach exposed WSM Web Services Agent over HTTP
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DeliverySend crafted request bypassing authentication
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ExploitAgent grants access to protected service
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ExecutionRead critical data and WSM configuration
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ImpactTamper with limited WSM-managed data
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 | No special conditions beyond network reachability to an exposed Oracle Web Services Manager Web Services Agent HTTP endpoint - the CVSS vector is AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N, so exploitation is unauthenticated and requires no user interaction or pre-existing privileges on default configurations. Practical limits: the agent component must actually be deployed and its HTTP listener reachable (Internet-facing or reachable from an untrusted network segment); instances where WSM is deployed purely internally behind strict segmentation are materially less exposed. Availability is unaffected (A:N) and integrity impact is partial (I:L), so this is primarily a data-disclosure/policy-tampering vector rather than a destructive one. The vendor provides no root-cause detail (no CWE), so any further precondition tied to a specific policy configuration or message format is unconfirmed from available data. |
| Impact | The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N, 8.2) describes a low-complexity, unauthenticated, network-reachable flaw with total confidentiality loss and partial integrity loss - the classic profile of an exploitable enterprise middleware defect. These signals point to a genuine priority for any organization exposing the WSM Web Services Agent to untrusted networks. Counterbalancing signals: no EPSS score was supplied, no POC is known, and the flaw is not in CISA KEV, so there is currently no evidence of automated or mass exploitation - this reads as an opportunistic-target risk rather than an active emergency. Note the caveat that the vendor description supplies no CWE and no root-cause detail, so the exact mechanism of the 'easily exploitable' bypass is unconfirmed; the CVSS vector is the only authoritative signal on preconditions, and it indicates none. Organizations should treat internet-facing or partner-facing WSM agent endpoints as actionable while deprioritizing purely internal, firewalled instances. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker with network reachability to an exposed WSM Web Services Agent sends a crafted HTTP request designed to bypass the agent's authentication/policy validation step, receiving responses that contain protected service data or agent configuration. Because the vector is PR:N/UI:N/AC:L, no credentials, user interaction, or unusual conditions are needed - the attack can be scripted and repeated across hosts. If combined with the partial integrity impact, the attacker could also alter a subset of WSM-managed data, for example policy or service metadata used by downstream consumers. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Sep 15, 2026
Unauthenticated remote attackers can bypass authentication in Oracle Web Services Manager (Web Services Agent component) and gain unauthorized read access to critical data plus limited write access to some of the product's data. Affected are versions 12.2.1.4.0 and 14.1.2.0.0 of the Fusion Middleware product. No public exploit code has been identified and the flaw is not listed in CISA KEV at time of analysis, but the network-only, no-privilege, no-interaction attack profile (CVSS 8.2) makes exposed WSM deployments a high-value target for credential/assertion theft and configuration tampering.
RemediationAI
Apply the Oracle fix released with the security alert at https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cspusep2026.html; Oracle does not publish a discrete patch version in the supplied data, so consult the advisory for the exact bundle/PSU (or per-patch update) applicable to your 12.2.1.4.0 and 14.1.2.0.0 installations and validate the Web Services Agent component version after applying. If immediate patching is not possible, the most effective compensating control is network restriction: place the WSM Web Services Agent behind a firewall, reverse proxy or WAF that only permits traffic from known service consumers, since the exploit requires HTTP reachability to the agent - the trade-off is potential breakage of legitimate external or partner integrations. Additionally, review and disable any unused agent/policy endpoints and non-required listeners (reduces attack surface but may disable legacy service contracts), and enable detailed HTTP/agent logging plus alerting for anomalous unauthenticated requests, which provides detection but not prevention. Rotate any credentials, tokens or keystores that were accessible to the agent if compromise is suspected, as the C:H impact implies possible disclosure.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
Oracle Web Services Manager (WSM) is the security policy enforcement layer of Oracle Fusion Middleware - it acts as a web services agent/gateway that intercepts SOAP/REST traffic to apply WS-Security policies such as authentication, message signing, encryption, and token validation (SAML, Kerberos, username-token, X.509). The affected component is the Web Services Agent, the runtime element deployed alongside or in front of WebLogic-hosted services that performs policy assertion processing. The vendor-supplied CWE is absent, but the 'Authentication Bypass' tag combined with PR:N/UI:N and a C:H outcome is consistent with an access-control/authentication-check weakness (CWE-287/CWE-306 class) in the agent's policy-validation path: a crafted HTTP request reaching the agent can slip past the identity-establishment step and reach protected data. Because WSM sits on the trust boundary between consumers and back-end services, a bypass there can expose message payloads, policy configuration, and stored credentials/tokens that the agent handles.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
Vendor vector matches the described network-reachable, unauthenticated bypass with data read plus limited write and no availability impact.
Primary rating from Vendor (oracle).
CVSS VectorVendor: oracle
DescriptionCVE.org
Vulnerability in the Oracle Web Services Manager product of Oracle Fusion Middleware (component: Web Services Agent). Supported versions that are affected are 12.2.1.4.0 and 14.1.2.0.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Web Services Manager. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle Web Services Manager accessible data as well as unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle Web Services Manager accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 8.2 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N).
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
Priority Score
Attack Technique
Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.
EUVD-2026-79617
GHSA-rqqg-63wm-q6q2
NVD
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