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 HTTPS to compromise Oracle Commerce Guided Search Platform Services. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all Oracle Commerce Guided Search Platform Services accessible data as well as unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle Commerce Guided Search Platform Services accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 9.1 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N).

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  "score": "9.1",
  "pubDate": "2026-07-21T22:18:47.110Z",
  "pubdate": "2026-07-21T22:18:47.110Z",
  "executiveSummary": "This vulnerability affects the Forge component of the Oracle Commerce Guided Search Platform Services, specifically version 11.4.0.\nThe flaw allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to exploit the system over HTTPS, requiring no user interaction or elevated privileges.\nThe vulnerability grants the attacker unauthorized access to sensitive information, as well as the ability to create, modify, or delete critical data within the Oracle Commerce Guided Search Platform Services environment.\nGiven the CVSS 3.1 Base Score of 9.1, this represents a critical security risk where the lack of authentication mechanisms permits total compromise of data integrity and confidentiality.\nThe attack vector is network-based (AV:N), and the low attack complexity (AC:L) ensures that successful exploitation is straightforward for threat actors with network connectivity to the targeted service.\nThe potential impact on business operations is severe, as the compromise of data integrity and confidentiality can lead to systemic failures, loss of trade secrets, or unauthorized manipulation of production e-commerce datasets.",
  "technicalDetails": "The vulnerability resides within the Forge component of the Oracle Commerce Guided Search Platform Services 11.4.0. The core issue involves improper access control enforcement that allows an unauthenticated entity to interact with the service over the HTTPS protocol.\nBy bypassing the standard authentication handshake or leveraging an insecure API endpoint, an attacker can submit requests directly to the Forge component. The vulnerability is classified under CVSS 3.1 with a vector of (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N).\nThe attack flow proceeds as follows: First, the attacker identifies a reachable instance of the Oracle Commerce Guided Search Platform Services, specifically targeting the Forge component over the HTTPS interface. Second, because the system fails to validate credentials or establish a legitimate session, the attacker interacts with the underlying API or data processing routines. Third, the attacker transmits crafted payloads that the Forge component processes as legitimate instructions. Because these instructions are executed without authenticated authorization checks, the application proceeds to perform data manipulation tasks on its backend data stores.\nThe exploitation does not require pre-existing user accounts or specific privileges, as the system does not enforce authentication at the required entry points for these functions. The scope remains unchanged (S:U), meaning the impact is localized to the product itself, but the resulting Confidentiality (C:H) and Integrity (I:H) impacts are critical.\nPost-exploitation behavior includes the ability for an attacker to systematically traverse and alter the data held within the platform. An attacker can inject malicious entries, overwrite existing production data, or extract protected information, effectively controlling the data lifecycle managed by the Forge component. The lack of authentication serves as the primary root cause, allowing for a total subversion of the intended security policy regarding data access and modification."
}