Description

Vulnerability in the Oracle Commerce Guided Search Platform Services product of Oracle Commerce (component: Forge). 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 Platform Services. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle Commerce Guided Search Platform Services accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle Commerce Guided Search Platform Services. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 9.1 (Confidentiality and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H).

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  "score": "9.1",
  "pubDate": "2026-07-21T22:18:46.977Z",
  "pubdate": "2026-07-21T22:18:46.977Z",
  "executiveSummary": "The Oracle Commerce Guided Search Platform Services, specifically the Forge component, contains a critical security vulnerability that permits unauthenticated remote attackers to exploit the system via HTTP.\nThis vulnerability is classified with a CVSS 3.1 Base Score of 9.1, reflecting its high impact on both data confidentiality and service availability.\nThe affected component, Forge, is a central part of the Oracle Commerce data processing pipeline. Successful exploitation allows an adversary to gain unauthorized access to sensitive data stored or processed by the platform.\nFurthermore, the vulnerability enables an attacker to induce a complete Denial of Service (DoS) by causing the platform services to hang or crash repeatedly.\nThe vulnerability is easily exploitable, requiring no prior authentication, user interaction, or specialized privileges. Attackers can leverage network access to the HTTP interface to conduct malicious activities.\nGiven the nature of the platform, the exposure of critical data poses severe organizational risk, potentially leading to unauthorized information disclosure and prolonged service disruption.",
  "technicalDetails": "The vulnerability resides within the Forge component of the Oracle Commerce Guided Search Platform Services, version 11.4.0. Forge is responsible for data transformation and indexing within the Guided Search architecture. The flaw originates from an insecure implementation of the HTTP interface, which fails to adequately validate or authenticate incoming requests before processing them within the component's execution context.\nThe attack flow begins with an adversary establishing network connectivity to the Forge component service over HTTP. Because the component lacks robust authentication mechanisms for the vulnerable entry points, the attacker can submit specially crafted HTTP requests directly to the service.\nUpon receiving these malicious requests, the Forge component processes them without verifying the legitimacy of the sender. This improper input validation allows the attacker to reach restricted functional paths within the application. By sending requests that trigger specific, unauthenticated code paths, the attacker can circumvent standard security boundaries.\nThe impact on confidentiality is achieved by leveraging the Forge service's internal data access privileges. Once the attacker gains unauthorized control over the processing stream, they can query, export, or exfiltrate sensitive data managed by the Oracle Commerce Guided Search Platform. The application essentially treats the attacker's unauthorized requests as legitimate system operations, granting broad visibility into the platform's data repositories.\nThe impact on availability is achieved through the injection of malicious payloads designed to destabilize the service. By sending sequences of requests that force the Forge component into an infinite loop, resource exhaustion, or memory corruption state, an attacker can reliably induce a hang or a complete crash of the Platform Services. Because the service is susceptible to 'frequently repeatable' crashes, an attacker can maintain a persistent Denial of Service state, effectively rendering the commerce platform offline for legitimate users.\nThe exploitation does not require the attacker to have pre-existing credentials or localized access. The network-accessible nature of the HTTP interface allows this attack to be performed remotely, provided there is a reachable path to the Forge component. The lack of secondary authentication or authorization checks ensures that the attacker's requests are prioritized and executed with the full permissions of the Forge process."
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