CVEvulnerability
CVE-2020-18875
8.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2021-08-18
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.5 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-74
Description
Incorrect Access Control in DotCMS versions before 5.1 allows remote attackers to gain privileges by injecting client configurations via vtl (velocity) files.
Affected configurations
• dotcms dotcms (< 5.1.0)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-74 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component weakness
References
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/284.html Third Party Advisory
- https://dotcms.com/security/SI-51 Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/dotCMS/core/issues/15882 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/284.html Third Party Advisory
- https://dotcms.com/security/SI-51 Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/dotCMS/core/issues/15882 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory