PT-2016-5816 · Dotcms · Dotcms

Wezell · Published 2016-04-19 · Updated 2016-04-22 · CVE-2016-4040

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.2

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions dotCMS versions prior to 3.3.2

Description The issue allows remote administrators to execute arbitrary SQL commands. This is achieved via the orderby parameter in the Workflow Screen.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.3.2, update to version 3.3.2 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the Workflow Screen or avoiding the use of the orderby parameter until the update is applied.

Fix

SQL injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-89

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-4040

Affected Products

Dotcms

References · 6

• http://dotcms.com/security/SI-36 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-4040 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4040 · Security Note
• https://github.com/dotCMS/core/issues/8840 · Note
• https://github.com/dotCMS/core/commit/bc4db5d71dc67015572f8e4c6fdf87e29b854d02 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4040 · Note