What is CVE-2019-11846?

CVE-2019-11846 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dotcms, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-05-14.

How severe is CVE-2019-11846?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2019-11846 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Dotcms

CVE-2019-11846

/servlets/ajax_file_upload?fieldName=binary3 in dotCMS 5.1.1 allows XSS and HTML Injection.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2019-05-14 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (61.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 61st percentile — 61.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Dotcms — versions 5.1.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cvemon

References

packetstormsecurity.com/files/152788/dotCMS-5.1.1-HTML-Injection.html (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-11846?: CVE-2019-11846 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dotcms, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-05-14.
How severe is CVE-2019-11846?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-11846 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.