# CVE-2026-83238: Oracle Commerce Guided Search privilege escalation in Forge

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-83238-oracle-commerce-guided-search-privilege-escalation-in-forge  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2026-09-15. Updated: 2026-09-26  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2026-83238 · Severity: high · CVSS 7.1 · Published 2026-09-15

Oracle Commerce Guided Search and Experience Manager are components used to help customers discover and purchase products in online stores. A low-privileged user with network access can exploit this vulnerability to view sensitive business data or temporarily disrupt service availability. This could lead to exposure of customer information or business disruption.

Technologies: [Oracle Commerce Experience Manager](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/commerce-experience-manager), [Oracle Commerce Guided Search](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/commerce-guided-search). Vendors: [Oracle](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/oracle).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2026-83238 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-83238 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2026-83238?** High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.1, published 15 September 2026.

**Which products and versions are affected?** Oracle Commerce Experience Manager 11.4.0; Oracle Commerce Guided Search 11.4.0.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2026-83238?** 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-2026-83238 attacked?** It is attacked over the network.

**Am I affected by CVE-2026-83238?** Check whether you run Oracle Commerce Experience Manager or Oracle Commerce Guided Search 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 a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Forge component of Oracle Commerce Guided Search / Experience Manager. The vulnerability is easily exploitable and requires only low-privileged user account access and network connectivity via HTTP; no additional user interaction is needed. A successful attack allows an attacker to access restricted data and cause partial denial of service. The affected version is 11.4.0. Oracle has assigned CVSS 3.1 score of 7.1, indicating high severity impacts to confidentiality and availability.

## Affected products

- Oracle Commerce Guided Search 11.4.0
- Oracle Commerce Experience Manager 11.4.0

## Timeline

- 2026-09-15: disclosed

## References

- [https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cspusep2026.html](https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cspusep2026.html)

## Related threats

- [Oracle Commerce Guided Search access control weakness in Forge](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-83259-oracle-commerce-guided-search-access-control-weakness-in-forge)
- [Oracle Commerce Guided Search and Experience Manager remote compromise in Forge](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-83258-oracle-commerce-guided-search-and-experience-manager-remote)
- [Oracle Commerce Guided Search privilege escalation in Forge](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-83257-oracle-commerce-guided-search-privilege-escalation-in-forge)
- [Oracle Commerce Guided Search remote code execution](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-83256-oracle-commerce-guided-search-remote-code-execution)
- [Oracle Commerce Guided Search / Experience Manager remote code execution](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-83255-oracle-commerce-guided-search-experience-manager-remote-code)