What is CVE-2016-2355?

CVE-2016-2355 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Dotcms, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2016-12-19.

How severe is CVE-2016-2355?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2016-2355 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

SQL Injection in Dotcms

CVE-2016-2355

SQL injection vulnerability in the REST API in dotCMS before 3.3.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the stName parameter to api/content/save/1.

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

Published 2016-12-19 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.021 (81.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 81st percentile — 81.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.021 · newest: 0.021 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Dotcms

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

woc-hack/tutorial

References

dotcms.com/security/SI-35 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/94992 (vdb-entry)
github.com/dotCMS/core/issues/8848 (Patch, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-2355?: CVE-2016-2355 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Dotcms, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2016-12-19.
How severe is CVE-2016-2355?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2016-2355 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.