# CVE-2020-14611: Missing authorization in WebCenter Portal

> Unauthenticated attackers can modify, delete, or read critical data and cause partial denial of service in Oracle WebCenter Portal.

- **Severity:** High 8.6 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 15 Jul 2020
- **Updated:** 27 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7855-9v87-wfg5

## What is CVE-2020-14611?

CVE-2020-14611 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Oracle Webcenter Portal, published on 15 Jul 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Vulnerability in the Oracle WebCenter Portal product of Oracle Fusion Middleware (component: Composer). Supported versions that are affected are 12.2.1.3.0 and 12.2.1.4.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle WebCenter Portal. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all Oracle WebCenter Portal accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle WebCenter Portal accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Oracle WebCenter Portal. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 8.6 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L).

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-14611?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Oracle Webcenter Portal.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-14611?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-14611 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-14611 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-14611 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Oracle Webcenter Portal

- [CVE-2026-46803](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-46803/): Auth bypass in Oracle WebCenter Portal (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2026-46846](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-46846/): Auth bypass in Oracle WebCenter Portal (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2026-73948](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-73948/): Auth bypass in Oracle WebCenter Portal (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2026-83031](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-83031/): Auth bypass in Oracle WebCenter Sites (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2026-83039](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-83039/): Auth bypass in Oracle WebCenter Portal (critical 9.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-14611 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-14611 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Oracle Webcenter Portal, published on 15 Jul 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-14611 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Oracle Webcenter Portal. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-14611/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-14611/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-14611
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14611
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-14611

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