PT-2016-5784 · Dotcms · Dotcms

Piaox · Published 2016-04-18 · Updated 2016-04-20 · CVE-2016-3972

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

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

Description The issue allows remote authenticated administrators to read arbitrary files. This is achieved by exploiting a directory traversal vulnerability in the dotTailLogServlet, specifically by using a .. (dot dot) in the fileName parameter.

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 dotTailLogServlet to minimize the risk of exploitation. Avoid using the fileName parameter in the affected servlet until the issue is resolved.

Exploit

Fix

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-3972

Affected Products

Dotcms

References · 5

• 🔥 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Apr/36 · Exploit
• http://dotcms.com/security/SI-34 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-3972 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3972 · Security Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-3972 · Note