Description
Vulnerability in the Oracle WebCenter Content product of Oracle Fusion Middleware (component: Content Server). Supported versions that are affected are 12.2.1.4.0 and 14.1.2.0.0. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle WebCenter Content. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all Oracle WebCenter Content accessible data as well as unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle WebCenter Content accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.8 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N).
Published: 2026-10-20
Score: 6.8 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: Unauthorized data modification and deletion
Action: Apply Patch
AI Analysis

Impact

The vulnerability resides in Oracle WebCenter Content’s Content Server component and allows a low‑privileged network attacker to perform unauthorized creation, deletion, or modification of critical data. A successful exploit directly impacts confidentiality and integrity, giving the attacker access to all data available in WebCenter Content. This is a classic access‑control flaw that can be leveraged without user interaction and with a high attack complexity. The CVSS 3.1 score of 6.8 reflects the significant confidentiality and integrity damage while denial of service is not in scope.

Affected Systems

Oracle WebCenter Content versions 12.2.1.4.0 and 14.1.2.0.0 are affected. Administrators should verify whether their installations use either of these builds and consider whether they are deployed in a publicly exposed network. Only these specific releases are vulnerable; no support for newer releases is noted in the advisory.

Risk and Exploitability

Exploitation requires network access to the HTTP interface and a low‑privileged user account. The vulnerability is difficult to exploit, implying a non‑negligible effort by an attacker, yet the potential impact is high. No EPSS data is available, but the CVSS base score indicates moderate severity. The vulnerability is not listed in CISA KEV, suggesting no confirmed exploitation in the wild to date. Attackers would benefit from initial reconnaissance to identify exposed WebCenter Content endpoints and valid low‑privileged credentials. Once in, the attacker could gain privileged data access without further authentication steps.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on October 21, 2026 at 07:59 UTC.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Apply the Oracle WebCenter Content patch as recommended in the Oracle CPU Oct 2026 advisory
  • Restrict HTTP access to the Content Server to trusted networks and enforce least privilege for service accounts
  • Implement auditing and monitoring to detect unauthorized create or delete operations

Generated by OpenCVE AI on October 21, 2026 at 07:59 UTC.

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Advisories

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History

Wed, 21 Oct 2026 08:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Unauthorized Data Modification in Oracle WebCenter Content via HTTP
Weaknesses CWE-284

Tue, 20 Oct 2026 21:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Vulnerability in the Oracle WebCenter Content product of Oracle Fusion Middleware (component: Content Server). Supported versions that are affected are 12.2.1.4.0 and 14.1.2.0.0. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle WebCenter Content. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all Oracle WebCenter Content accessible data as well as unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle WebCenter Content accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.8 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N).
First Time appeared Oracle
Oracle webcenter Content
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:oracle:webcenter_content:12.2.1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:webcenter_content:14.1.2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Oracle
Oracle webcenter Content
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'}


Subscriptions

Oracle Webcenter Content
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: oracle

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-20T21:24:21.812Z

Reserved: 2026-09-08T21:49:12.414Z

Link: CVE-2026-87374

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No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-20T22:20:15.437

Modified: 2026-10-20T22:20:15.437

Link: CVE-2026-87374

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-21T08:00:07Z

Weaknesses