CVE-2026-73952: Oracle WebCenter Portal unauthenticated access vulnerability in Portlet Services

CVE-2026-73952 · Severity: critical · CVSS 9.1 · Published 2026-09-15

Oracle WebCenter Portal is an enterprise portal platform used for creating and managing business dashboards and collaborative workspaces. An unauthenticated network attacker can exploit a vulnerability in the Portlet Services component to gain unauthorized access to sensitive data or modify critical information without any authentication or user interaction required. This directly puts customer data at risk and could allow attackers to steal or corrupt entire portal datasets.

Technologies: Oracle WebCenter Portal. Vendors: Oracle.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2026-73952 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-73952 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2026-73952?
Critical severity, with a CVSS score of 9.1, published 15 September 2026.
Which products and versions are affected?
Oracle WebCenter Portal 12.2.1.4.0, 14.1.2.0.0.
Is there a fix for CVE-2026-73952?
No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
How is CVE-2026-73952 attacked?
It is attacked over the network, in a web application.
Am I affected by CVE-2026-73952?
Check whether you run Oracle WebCenter Portal at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

Technical details

This is an unauthenticated remote code execution or data access vulnerability in the Oracle WebCenter Portal Portlet Services component, accessible via HTTP protocol. The vulnerability requires no authentication, no complex configuration, and can be exploited over the network by any attacker with basic HTTP access. Successful exploitation allows an attacker to achieve both confidentiality and integrity impacts, including unauthorized creation, deletion, and modification of critical portal data or complete unauthorized access to all accessible data. The vulnerability affects Oracle WebCenter Portal versions 12.2.1.4.0 and 14.1.2.0.0; patches or mitigations should be available through Oracle's security updates.

Affected products

  • Oracle WebCenter Portal 12.2.1.4.0, 14.1.2.0.0

Timeline

  • 2026-09-15: disclosed

References

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