What is CVE-2016-3972?

CVE-2016-3972 is a low-severity vulnerability in Dotcms, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 2.7/10. Published 2016-04-18.

How severe is CVE-2016-3972?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 2.7 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Dotcms

CVE-2016-3972

Directory traversal vulnerability in the dotTailLogServlet in dotCMS before 3.5.1 allows remote authenticated administrators to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the fileName parameter.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.015 (71.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 2.7 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Dotcms
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, Exploit, x_refsource_FULLDISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-3972?: CVE-2016-3972 is a low-severity vulnerability in Dotcms, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 2.7/10. Published 2016-04-18.
How severe is CVE-2016-3972?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 2.7 out of 10.