# CVE-2026-83240: Oracle Commerce Guided Search privilege escalation in Forge

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-83240-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-2026-83240 · Severity: high · CVSS 7.1 · Published 2026-09-15

Oracle Commerce Guided Search and Experience Manager are e-commerce platform components used to power product search and shopping experiences. A low-privileged user with local access to the server can exploit this vulnerability to modify or delete critical business data or cause complete service outages, impacting customer transactions and platform availability.

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-2026-83240 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-83240 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2026-83240?** 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-2026-83240?** 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-2026-83240 attacked?** It is attacked with local access, in a web application.

**Am I affected by CVE-2026-83240?** 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 local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Forge component of Oracle Commerce Guided Search and Oracle Commerce Experience Manager version 11.4.0. The vulnerability requires low privilege logon access to the infrastructure where the application runs and does not require user interaction. A successful exploit allows an attacker to gain unauthorized modification or deletion of critical data and the ability to cause denial of service through process hangs or crashes. Patch status was not explicitly confirmed in the advisory.

## 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)

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