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title: "CVE-2026-73952: Oracle WebCenter Portal - Broken Access Control"
description: "Oracle WebCenter Portal 12.2.1.4.0 and 14.1.2.0.0 contain a broken access control vulnerability in Portlet Services, letting unauthenticated network attackers create, delete, or modify critical data, exploit requires network access via HTTP."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-73952/
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# CVE-2026-73952 Oracle WebCenter Portal - Broken Access Control

Oracle WebCenter Portal 12.2.1.4.0 and 14.1.2.0.0 contain a broken access control vulnerability in Portlet Services, letting unauthenticated network attackers create, delete, or modify critical data, exploit requires network access via HTTP.

CVSS base score 9.1 /10

Critical

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Not required

EPSS

0.43% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-73952)

## Details

Type

Broken Access Control

Impact

Data Tampering, Information Disclosure

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Published

15 September 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-287](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/287.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to the latest available version of Oracle WebCenter Portal.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-73952](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-73952)
- [https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cspusep2026.html](https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cspusep2026.html)

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