PT-2021-10245 · Dotcms · Dotcms

Published 2021-08-18 · Updated 2022-10-26 · CVE-2020-18875

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: DotCMS versions prior to 5.1

Description: The issue allows remote attackers to gain privileges by injecting client configurations via vtl (velocity) files. This is due to incorrect access control in the software.

Recommendations: For versions prior to 5.1, update to version 5.1 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to vtl files to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Special Elements Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-74

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-18875

Affected Products

Dotcms

References · 8

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-18875 · Vendor Advisory
• https://dotcms.com/security/SI-51 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-18875 · Security Note
• https://github.com/dotCMS/core/issues/15882 · Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/27546 · Telegram Post
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/284.html · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/19654 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/19989 · Telegram Post