PT-2016-5783 · Dotcms · Dotcms

Xiong Piaox · Published 2016-04-18 · Updated 2016-12-16 · CVE-2016-3971

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.8

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions dotCMS versions prior to 3.5.1

Description The issue is related to a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. It allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the query parameter to the "c/portal/layout" endpoint, specifically in the lucene search.jsp file.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.5.1, update to version 3.5.1 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the lucene search.jsp file or disabling the query parameter until a patch is applied.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-3971

Affected Products

Dotcms

References · 5

• 🔥 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Apr/37 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3971 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-3971 · Vendor Advisory
• http://dotcms.com/security/SI-33 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-3971 · Note