What is CVE-2019-12872?

CVE-2019-12872 is a high-severity vulnerability in Dotcms, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2019-06-18.

How severe is CVE-2019-12872?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.

SQL Injection in Dotcms

CVE-2019-12872

dotCMS before 5.1.6 is vulnerable to a SQL injection that can be exploited by an attacker of the role Publisher via view_unpushed_bundles.jsp.

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

Published 2019-06-18 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.013 (68.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 69th percentile — 68.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.013 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Dotcms

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

References

dotcms.com/security/SI-53 (Vendor Advisory)
github.com/dotCMS/core/issues/16624 (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-12872?: CVE-2019-12872 is a high-severity vulnerability in Dotcms, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2019-06-18.
How severe is CVE-2019-12872?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.