Oracle Commerce Guided Search 11.4.0 Content Acquisition System improper authorization

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Oracle Commerce Guided Search and Oracle Commerce Experience Manager 11.4.0. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Content Acquisition System. This manipulation causes improper authorization. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2026-70991. The attack needs to be launched locally. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability was found in Oracle Commerce Guided Search and Oracle Commerce Experience Manager 11.4.0. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Content Acquisition System. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authorization vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-285. The product does not perform or incorrectly performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Vulnerability in the Oracle Commerce Guided Search / Oracle Commerce Experience Manager product of Oracle Commerce (component: Content Acquisition System). The supported version that is affected is 11.4.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle Commerce Guided Search / Oracle Commerce Experience Manager executes to compromise Oracle Commerce Guided Search / Oracle Commerce Experience Manager. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker and while the vulnerability is in Oracle Commerce Guided Search / Oracle Commerce Experience Manager, attacks may significantly impact additional products (scope change). 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 6.3 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N).

It is possible to read the advisory at oracle.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-70991 since 08/05/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/19/2026). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1548.002 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Oracle

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• Commerce Guided Search
• Oracle Commerce Experience Manager

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• 11.4.0

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.oracle.com

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