CVE-2026-61149 in Guided Search
Summary
by MITRE • 07/22/2026
Vulnerability in the Oracle Commerce Guided Search / Oracle Commerce Experience Manager product of Oracle Commerce (component: Experience Manager). The supported version that is affected is 11.4.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Commerce Guided Search / Oracle Commerce Experience Manager. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle Commerce Guided Search / Oracle Commerce Experience Manager. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 8.8 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).
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Analysis
by VulDB Data Team • 07/22/2026
This vulnerability resides within Oracle Commerce Guided Search and Experience Manager components, specifically affecting version 11.4.0 of the Oracle Commerce platform. The flaw represents a critical security weakness that enables low-privilege attackers to gain complete control over affected systems through network-based HTTP connections. The vulnerability's exploitability is classified as easily accessible, meaning that attackers with minimal privileges and network access can potentially compromise the entire system without requiring elevated permissions or specialized attack vectors.
The technical nature of this flaw involves a privilege escalation mechanism within the Experience Manager component that allows unauthorized users to bypass normal access controls and execute malicious operations. According to CVSS 3.1 scoring methodology, this vulnerability demonstrates high severity with a base score of 8.8, indicating significant impacts across confidentiality, integrity, and availability domains. The attack vector is classified as network-based (AV:N) requiring only low complexity (AC:L) and minimal privileges (PR:L), making it particularly dangerous for organizations running affected Oracle Commerce implementations.
From an operational perspective, successful exploitation can lead to complete system compromise where attackers gain full administrative control over the guided search and experience manager functionality. This represents a severe threat to business continuity as the vulnerability could enable data exfiltration, system manipulation, and disruption of commerce operations. Organizations utilizing Oracle Commerce 11.4.0 may face immediate risk of unauthorized access to customer data, product information, and transactional systems that rely on these components for their functionality.
The vulnerability aligns with CWE-284 (Improper Access Control) and follows attack patterns consistent with the MITRE ATT&CK framework's privilege escalation techniques. Organizations should implement immediate mitigations including applying Oracle's security patches, implementing network segmentation to restrict access to affected systems, and monitoring for suspicious HTTP traffic patterns. Additional protective measures may include configuring firewall rules to limit access to administrative ports, enabling multi-factor authentication for system access, and conducting comprehensive vulnerability assessments of the entire Oracle Commerce environment. The CVSS vector (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) emphasizes that this vulnerability affects unmodified systems with high impact across all security dimensions, requiring urgent remediation to prevent potential exploitation by threat actors targeting e-commerce platforms.
Organizations should also consider implementing intrusion detection systems to monitor for exploitation attempts and establish incident response procedures specifically addressing Oracle Commerce vulnerabilities. Regular security assessments and penetration testing should be conducted to identify additional attack surfaces that may be vulnerable to similar privilege escalation techniques. The affected version 11.4.0 represents a critical maintenance window where organizations must prioritize patch management to address this vulnerability before it can be exploited in real-world scenarios.