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)

Published · last modified .

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.015 (72.7th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 73rd percentile — 72.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2016-3972: held from 0.015 to 0.015.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.015 · newest: 0.015 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

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.