CVE-2026-61157 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 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 access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle Commerce Guided Search / Oracle Commerce Experience Manager accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.5 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N).
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Analysis
by VulDB Data Team • 07/22/2026
This vulnerability exists 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 allows unauthenticated attackers to gain unauthorized access to sensitive system resources through standard HTTP network connections. The vulnerability's exploitability is classified as easily accessible, meaning that an attacker requires no special privileges or authentication credentials to initiate exploitation attempts against affected systems.
The technical nature of this vulnerability stems from insufficient access controls and authentication mechanisms within the Experience Manager component of Oracle Commerce. Attackers can leverage this weakness by simply sending HTTP requests to specific endpoints without requiring any valid user credentials or session tokens. The CVSS 3.1 scoring system assigns this vulnerability a base score of 7.5, which falls into the high severity category, with the primary impact focused on confidentiality as indicated by the vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N. This scoring reflects that the attack can be executed remotely over the network with low complexity and no user interaction required.
The operational impact of this vulnerability is substantial, as successful exploitation could lead to unauthorized access to all data accessible through the affected Oracle Commerce Guided Search and Experience Manager systems. This includes potentially sensitive customer information, business data, configuration settings, and other critical system resources that organizations rely on for their commerce operations. The vulnerability's ability to grant complete access to all accessible data represents a severe risk to organizational security posture and could result in significant financial losses, regulatory compliance violations, and reputational damage.
Organizations should implement immediate mitigations including network-level restrictions such as firewall rules to limit access to affected systems from trusted networks only, disabling unnecessary HTTP endpoints, and applying available Oracle security patches as soon as they become available. The vulnerability aligns with CWE-287 which addresses improper authentication issues in software systems, and it maps to ATT&CK technique T1190 which covers exploitation of remote services through web applications. Regular security assessments and network monitoring should be enhanced to detect potential exploitation attempts, while access controls should be reviewed and strengthened across all Oracle Commerce components to prevent unauthorized access to sensitive data resources.
This vulnerability demonstrates the critical importance of maintaining up-to-date security patches and implementing proper network segmentation strategies for commerce platforms handling sensitive business information. Organizations should conduct comprehensive risk assessments to identify all instances of affected Oracle Commerce installations and prioritize remediation efforts based on the criticality of the systems involved and their exposure to external threats. The ease of exploitation makes this vulnerability particularly dangerous in environments where Oracle Commerce systems are directly accessible from the internet without proper network controls or security layers.