Description
Vulnerability in the Oracle Commerce Guided Search / Oracle Commerce Experience Manager product of Oracle Commerce (component: Content Acquisition System). The supported version that is affected is 11.4.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Commerce Guided Search / Oracle Commerce Experience Manager. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all Oracle Commerce Guided Search / Oracle Commerce Experience Manager accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle Commerce Guided Search / Oracle Commerce Experience Manager. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 9.1 (Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H).
Published: 2026-08-18
Score: 9.1 Critical
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
AI Analysis

Impact

The flaw resides in the Content Acquisition System of Oracle Commerce Guided Search, exposing an access control weakness. An attacker who does not need credentials can create, delete, or alter critical data, or force the system to hang or crash. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.1, indicating severe integrity and availability impact.

Affected Systems

Oracle Corporation’s Oracle Commerce Guided Search and Oracle Commerce Experience Manager, version 11.4.0, are affected. No other versions or products are mentioned.

Risk and Exploitability

The attack vector is purely network‑based, requiring only HTTP access without authentication, so any exposed instance is vulnerable. The EPSS score of less than 1 % indicates low current exploitation likelihood, but the high CVSS and the absence of a CISA KEV listing still demand rapid remediation. Exploitation would allow an unauthenticated actor to compromise data integrity and disrupt service availability.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on August 22, 2026 at 07:52 UTC.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Apply the Oracle patch or update identified in Oracle’s August 2026 security alert to eliminate the vulnerability.
  • Restrict HTTP access to the Content Acquisition System to trusted IP ranges or enforce authentication on all endpoints.
  • Consider disabling the content acquisition feature or related APIs until a vendor fix is released, limiting exposure.
  • Monitor system logs for unauthorized data changes or crash events to detect attempted exploitation.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on August 22, 2026 at 07:52 UTC.

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History

Mon, 31 Aug 2026 12:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Oracle commerce Experience Manager
Oracle commerce Guided Search
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:oracle:commerce_experience_manager:11.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:commerce_guided_search:11.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Oracle commerce Experience Manager
Oracle commerce Guided Search

Sat, 22 Aug 2026 08:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Unauthenticated Data Modification and Denial of Service in Oracle Commerce Guided Search

Sat, 22 Aug 2026 06:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Unauthenticated Data Modification and Denial of Service in Oracle Commerce Guided Search
Weaknesses CWE-284

Sat, 22 Aug 2026 04:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-306
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Fri, 21 Aug 2026 02:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-284

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 09:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Unauthenticated Remote Data Manipulation and Denial of Service in Oracle Commerce Guided Search 11.4.0
Weaknesses CWE-284

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 08:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Unauthenticated Remote Data Manipulation and Denial of Service in Oracle Commerce Guided Search 11.4.0
Weaknesses CWE-284

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 21:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Vulnerability in the Oracle Commerce Guided Search / Oracle Commerce Experience Manager product of Oracle Commerce (component: Content Acquisition System). The supported version that is affected is 11.4.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Commerce Guided Search / Oracle Commerce Experience Manager. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all Oracle Commerce Guided Search / Oracle Commerce Experience Manager accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle Commerce Guided Search / Oracle Commerce Experience Manager. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 9.1 (Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H).
First Time appeared Oracle
Oracle commerce Guided Search \/ Oracle Commerce Experience Manager
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:oracle:commerce_guided_search_\/_oracle_commerce_experience_manager:11.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Oracle
Oracle commerce Guided Search \/ Oracle Commerce Experience Manager
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H'}

Subscriptions

Oracle Commerce Experience Manager Commerce Guided Search Commerce Guided Search \/ Oracle Commerce Experience Manager
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: oracle

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-22T03:42:34.718Z

Reserved: 2026-08-04T22:06:34.609Z

Link: CVE-2026-70979

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-22T03:42:29.337Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-08-18T21:17:56.710

Modified: 2026-08-31T12:25:00.583

Link: CVE-2026-70979

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-22T08:00:13Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-306

    Missing Authentication for Critical Function