VDB-218536 · CVE-2020-36518 · EUVD-2022-1319

Oracle Commerce Guided Search 11.3.2 Content Acquisition System denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Oracle Commerce Guided Search 11.3.2. Affected is an unknown function of the component Content Acquisition System. Executing a manipulation can lead to denial of service. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2020-36518. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Oracle Commerce Guided Search 11.3.2. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown part of the component Content Acquisition System. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability.

The weakness was released 01/17/2023 as Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2023. The advisory is shared for download at oracle.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2020-36518. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1499.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 240509 (RHEL 7 : Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3.14 Security update (Important) (RHSA-2025:9583)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (240509) and EUVD (EUVD-2022-1319). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

Productinfo

Vendor

Oracle

Name

Commerce Guided Search

Version

11.3.2

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.oracle.com

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.3

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VulDB Temp Score: 7.2
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 240509
Nessus Name: RHEL 7 : Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3.14 Security update (Important) (RHSA-2025:9583)

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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03/11/2022 🔍
01/17/2023 +312 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2023
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2020-36518 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-36518
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-218536
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Entryinfo

Created: 01/18/2023 07:27
Updated: 03/24/2026 03:38
Changes: 01/18/2023 07:27 (38), 02/09/2023 20:38 (2), 02/09/2023 20:45 (17), 06/26/2025 18:42 (17), 08/28/2025 07:34 (1), 03/24/2026 03:38 (1)
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