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

EPSS: 0.021 (79.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Dotcms
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

woc-hack/tutorial

References

cret@cert.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
cret@cert.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cret@cert.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, 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.